“Tea at three. Murder at midnight.”
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy’s glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for her birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn’t about Daisy at all. (Naturally, Daisy is furious.)
Then one of their guests falls seriously, mysteriously, fatally ill — and everything points to poison.
Suddenly, Fallingford feels like a very dangerous place to be. And when someone close to Daisy looks suspicious, the girls must reveal the truth... no matter the consequences.
Something dreadful has happened to Mr Curtis.
I am quite surprised to realize that I mind. If you had asked me this morning what I thought of him, I should have told you that Mr Curtis was not a nice man at all. But not even the nastiest person deserves this.
Of course, Daisy doesn’t see it like that. To her, crimes are not real things to be upset about. She has only interested in the fact that something has happened, and she wants to understand what it means. So do I, of course — I wouldn’t be a proper member of the Detective Society if I didn’t — but no matter how hard I try, I can’t only think like a detective.
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