A body.Ĭould this be the missing Ministry spy that Daisy Wells is on a dangerous mission in France to find? Or could it be someone else - someone a resident of the street wanted silenced. Something that has been placed there recently. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. And it is in the basement of the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. May's big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry, home to an unlikely collection of people thrown together by the war. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry's newest recruits. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike: Robin Stevens.

If they can prove it, the Ministry will have to take them on.īut there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined.Īnd then, someone is murdered. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family - including snobby, dramatic Nuala. So, there’s only one thing for it she must leave Deepdean and head to London. And 10-year-old May Wong wants to join and help end the war. When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. The British government have set up a secret arm to train spies called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her. May knows that she would make the perfect spy. The world is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies.Įnter May Wong: courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). The start of a thrilling new World War Two mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.ġ940.

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