“Comical footnotes pepper the text, adding wit to prose which is already dryly funny.
Enthusiastically, chaotically delightful.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review ( In Myrtle Peril) “Another thrilling mystery from our young Victorian sleuth. Praise for the Edgar ® Award-Winning Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries:.Myrtle is forced to play a deadly game, hunting for the brooch with a thief breathing down her neck-someone who will stop at nothing to get the treasure, even if it means murder. The estate’s boat is stolen, so there’s no escape from the island. Then Myrtle's investigation stirs a villain out of hiding. But who had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill him? And could this Scottish trip mean the end of Myrtle's plans to get her father and governess together? Ghostly moans echo in the walls, and there are rumors of a cursed treasure lost on the island-an ancient silver brooch that may have cost the former lord his life.
When her governess inherits an estate on a Scottish island, amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle couldn't be more excited. Unfortunately, the ancestral castle is both run-down and haunted. With stakes this high, her sleuthing has put Myrtle, her family, and the patients and staff at the Royal Swinburne Hospital In Myrtle Peril.What is Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle to do when her beloved governess inherits an estate on a Scottish island? Why, find a haunted brooch, break an ancient curse, and catch a murderer, of course! 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 Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked 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.
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