Myrtle her father, the Prosecuting Solicitor and her brilliant governess, Miss Judson have no villainies to uncover, and it’s so dull. With stakes this high, her sleuthing has put Myrtle, her family, and the patients and staff at the Royal Swinburne Hospital In Myrtle Peril.Īnother thrilling mystery from our young Victorian sleuth.Īll the members of Myrtle’s household are suffering from malaise at the lack of crimes to investigate. Or does he? With no body at the scene, Myrtle and her governess, Miss Judson, fear the so-called murder was a feverish delusion-until a critical piece of evidence appears.īut where’s the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father.

Hardcastle’s pursuit of the case takes a detour when he’s hospitalized for a tonsillectomy-only to witness a murder. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to be lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle’s father, a solicitor, is tasked to help prove-or disprove-the girl’s identity.

Myrtle Hardcastle-twelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detective-returns to investigate the case of a missing heiress lost at sea, an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim. ISBN 9781616209216 | 368 pp | Grades 5-13Ī Publisher’s Weekly Big Children’s Book for Fall 2022 The latest volume in the Edgar Award-Winning Series! 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.Algonquin Young Readers | October 4, 2022 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 her – 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.

A 2021 Edgar Award Nominee, Best Juvenile A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade 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.

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