We were all looking up, and so we missed the murder. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who could have committed such foul play? Is the murder linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on the scraps of paper that are suddenly appearing all over the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, will Daisy and Hazel be able to solve this mystery before suspicions tear the student body apart? Excerpt Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found-murdered. There’s a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects-and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs. “Readers…will find themselves stretching their powers of deduction.” - BooklistĪfter a student turns up murdered on Bonfire Night, Hazel and Daisy find themselves entrenched in another mystery in this delightfully charming fourth novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series.ĭaisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean School for Girls for a new school term, but nothing is the same. They were working hard to pretend – to a grown-up they might seem every inch the good prefects they ought to be – but I could see that those eyes were dry, and I could feel quite other emotions bubbling up behind their solemnity, like laughter that they could not quite hold down.“Steven’s storytelling and suspense-building are top-notch.” - School Library Journal
They all stared straight ahead, and Una and Lettice even dabbed their eyes with their handkerchiefs. A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth in due course, and I must ask that you are sensitive to the feelings of those close to her.’ Of course, that was an invitation for everyone to look at the Five again. Now, I know you are all very upset by this – please, quiet, girls, let me speak – but I want to reassure you that this was nothing more than a very unfortunate accident, unlike … well. ‘Girls, I am afraid to tell you that following last night’s unfortunate accident, efforts to revive Elizabeth Hurst were unsuccessful. ‘Girls,’ she said, and everyone went very still, as though the whole hall had sucked in a breath and was waiting to let it out again. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: What reading level is Jolly Foul Play: a Murder Most Unladylike Mystery book?
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