Cream Buns and Crime: Tips, Tricks, and Tales from the Detective Society

For some reason, even though I follow her on Amazon, I had no clue that Robin Stevens had written more books in her Murder Most Unladylike series. Anywho, here is another collection of shorter stories (the first half of them--the ones I read before are the second half, chronologically), "Cream Buns and Crime: Tips, Tricks, and Tales from the Detective Society."

["Learn more about Daisy and Hazel’s detecting process and unravel three brand-new mini-mysteries in this “jolly good fun” (Kirkus Reviews) short story companion to the Murder Most Unladylike series for “fans of Enola Holmes, Agatha Christie, and Stuart Gibbs” (School Library Journal).

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved—but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel’s casebook, including the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and even their very first case of all: the Case of Lavinia’s Missing Tie.

Packed with these brilliant new mini-mysteries and peppered with Daisy and Hazel’s own detecting tips, tricks, and facts, this is the perfect book for fans and budding members of the Detective Society."]

These short stories take place in between the full-length novels, so a lot of them talk about a mystery they just solved or start setting up some plot for an upcoming novel. They had a lot of old characters come back (Lavinia, Kitty, Beanie, Miss Bell, George, Alexander, and more).

I love me a short story, one the author probably just wrote for funsies. Again, if I had been with it before, I would have read these short stories in order (the short stories in correct order themselves as well as in order within the series itself), but life happens. They've been read now. ;)

If I didn't say so before, I HIGHLY recommend this series! The characters are amazing, the plot is interesting, the mystery is engaging.

Middle Grade is so nice sometimes, an easy read, easier sentences, less stress within the plot (even though there is murder). Its a palette cleanser sometimes.

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