Being reminded that despite all the measures she puts in place (having informants in the younger years, ingratiating herself with the older girls and Jones the handyman and the teachers), there are still things going on at Deepdean that she does not understand-well, that has put her in an even worse mood than the one she has been in lately.Īnd, if I’m honest, I feel strangely ashamed. You see, Daisy needs to know things, and see everything, and get in everywhere.

She has been grinding her teeth (so hard that my teeth ache in sympathy) and saying, “Oh, Hazel! How could we not notice it? We were on the spot!” 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. “Steven’s storytelling and suspense-building are top-notch.” - School Library Journal

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens