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Premeditated Myrtle : a Myrtle Hardcastle mystery / Elizabeth C. Bunce.

Summary:

When twelve-year-old aspiring detective Myrtle Hardcastle learns her neighbor in quiet Swinburne, England, a breeder of rare flowers, has died she is certain it was murder and that she must find the killer.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1616209186
  • ISBN: 9781616209186
  • Physical Description: 360 pages
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill : Algonquin Young Readers, 2020.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 23.95
Subject: Criminals > Juvenile fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    Studying law and science using her parents’ books and materials, 12-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle diligently analyzes the scene of an eccentric neighbor’s suspicious death to prove that the woman was murdered and bring her killer to justice. By the author of StarCrossed. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Baker & Taylor
    When twelve-year-old aspiring detective Myrtle Hardcastle learns her neighor in quiet Swinburne, England, a breeder of rare flowers, has died she is certain it was murder and that she must find the killer.
  • Grand Central Pub
    A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best Juvenile
    A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade
    A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year

    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 in Victorian England.

    Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. 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.

    When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. 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 he —not even her father, the town prosecutor.

    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.
  • Grand Central Pub
    Introducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart 12-year-old with a keen interest in the new tools of criminology and a nose for murder in the Victorian English village where her father is the local prosecutor.
  • Workman Press.
    A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best Juvenile
    A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade
    A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year

    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.

    Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. 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.

    When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. 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 he —not even her father, the town prosecutor.

    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.
  • Workman Press.
    A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best Juvenile
    A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade
    A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year

    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.

    Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. 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.

    When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. 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 he 'not even her father, the town prosecutor.

    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.

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