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The second thrilling adventure in the new World War Two mystery series from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike.

‘Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children’ Katherine Rundell

March 1941. 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. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: brave, smart, and the Ministry’s newest recruits.

May’s big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry. And it is in the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. A body . . .

Could 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 . . . ?

Praise for Robin Stevens:

‘Absolutely thrilling’ Louie Stowell

‘Superb’ Observer

‘Funny, clever and warm . . . Such a delight’ Louise O’Neill

‘Jolly gripping stuff’ The Times

‘Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans’ Bookseller

‘Triumphant . . . Deserves to be read for years to come’ Guardian