The start of a thrilling new World War Two mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and
multi-award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for
children' - Katherine Rundell on the Murder Most Unladylike series'Superb' - Observer
'Absolutely thrilling' - Louie Stowell 1940. The world is at war and a secret arm of the
British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May
Wong: courageous stubborn and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong
Kong (and leave her annoying school Deepdean behind forever). May knows that she would make
the perfect spy. After all grown-ups always underestimate children like her. When May and her
friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry they take matters into their own hands.
Masquerading as evacuees they travel to Elysium Hall home to the wealthy Verey family -
including snobby dramatic Nuala. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to
Germany. If they can prove it the Ministry will have to take them on. But there are more
secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined. And then someone is
murdered . . . Join May Eric and Nuala in the first unputdownable book in a fast-paced
mysterious and adventurous new series from million-copy-bestseller Robin Stevens.
