![]() ![]() With sparkling wit and a tight, twisty plot, Premeditated Myrtle, the first in a series from an award-winning author, introduces a brilliant young investigator ready to take on hard cases and maddening Victorian rules for Young Ladies of Quality in order to earn her place among the most daring and acclaimed amateur detectives of her time or any other. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes he -not even her father, the town prosecutor. When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. Armed with her father's law books and her mum's microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England. Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart twelve-year-old with a keen interest in criminology and a nose for murder. A 2021 Edgar(R) Award Winner, Best JuvenileĪ BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Print length 368 pages Language English Grade level 5 and up Dimensions 5.88 x 1.25 x 8.51 inches Publisher Algonquin Young Readers Publication date OctoISBN-10 1616209216 ISBN-13 978-1616209216 See all details The Amazon Book Review Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. ![]()
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