#first class murder

[slitheringserpent]

Thinking about how Alexander was in a double compartment in FCM and whether the empty bed made him miss George more.

He's so worried about the murder and whether his grandmother is involved and he's thinking that George would be so much better than him at solving it and then he forgets that George isn't there for a moment and turns to say something to him and just sees the empty bed and is Sad.

[redbreastedbird]

For years my only exposure to MMU was the third book that I bought from WHSmiths in a services, much to the dismay of my dad who wanted me to get a more ‘appropriate book’. I absolutely adored it, and now I have the whole series sat on my shelves, but I really want to commend you on how well each book can be picked up and read without any previous knowledge, while also having a cohesive story throughout the series.

This is exactly what I was trying to do! I really want the books to stand alone as mysteries even if you haven’t read any of the others!

[charlotte-fleming]

I am literally about to stab Dr Sandwich I hate that guy istg

[deepdeanvsweston]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER!!! My favourite Alex moments in celebration

- in FCM murder when he didn't care that the girls were in their pyjamas (scandalous!) and waved at them,,, he was just being friendly 🥺

- MAM when he was just "George mate I'm having your sandwiches. Yum"

- Joint junior pinkertons moment also in MAM where they did all the posters that Daisy and Hazel were the best detective society

- one more MAM moment where George and Bertie are bossing him about and he's just happily and cheerfully taking it and getting the Christmas tree up

- not really a moment but uhhh. shoutout to his eyebrows for Hazel ig

- CLAPPING FOR HAZEL IN DITS Quintessential Alex and character development moment

Add on if you have any favourites!

[junewongapologia]

The fact that Lucy didn't know Hazel and Daisy would be on the Orient Express despite the fact that Felix, who sent her, must have been aware Daisy was spending the holiday with Mr Wong suggests that he managed to buy the train tickets in such a way as to fly completely under the radar of the security services who were watching the train for a spy.

(I choose to believe that Felix would have said hey m8 maybe get the next one, yea? if he knew)

[heroesandmasterminds]

Hazel Wong in First Class Murder: I do hate it when grown-ups imagine romance where there isn't any.

Hazel Wong two books later: I regret that statement.

[wellsandwongdetectivesociety]

First Class Murder

“All aboard for murder...”

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it’s clear that everyone in the first-class carriage has something to hide.

Then there is a scream from one of the sabins, and a wealthy heiress is found dead. But the killer has vanished  — as if into thin air...

Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first locked-room mystery  — and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case.

From the way my father is carrying on, anyone would think that the murder which has just taken place was our fault  — or rather, that it was Daisy’s.

Of course, this is not true in the least. First, holidaying on a train was his idea  — and inviting Daisy too. And as for Daisy and me being detectives  — why, it is just who we are. This murder would always have happened, whether Daisy and I had been here to detect it or not, so how can we be blamed for investigating it? If he did not, what sort of Detective Society would we be?

Naturally, murder is always rather dreadful, but all the same, after our last murder case (at Daisy's house, Fallingford, in the Easter holidays), when every suspect was someone we knew, this seems rather separate to us, and that is a relief. With one exception, everyone who might possibly have been involved in this crime was a perfect stranger to Daisy and me two days ago.

https://robin-stevens.co.uk/first-class-murder/

[spilledparchment]

What happened at Fallingford has made me realize that terrible things happen whether or not you want them to. You must make a choice: to turn and look them in the eye, and see the terrible things for what they are, or to hide away and pretend to yourself that they are not real - and if you choose the second, there is always a moment when you can't pretend anymore

Hazel Wong in “First Class Murder” by Robin Stevens