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Robin Stevens

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Children's, Crime, Historical Fiction

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Robin's books are: Murder Most Unladylike (Murder is Bad Manners in the USA), Arsenic for Tea (Poison is Not Polite in the USA), First Class Murder, Jolly Foul Play, Mistletoe and Murder, Cream Buns and Crime, A Spoonful of Murder, Death in the Spotlight and Top Marks for Murder. She is also the author of The Guggenheim Mystery, the sequel to Siobhan Dowd's The London Eye Mystery.

Robin was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life.

When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. When it occurred ...more

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	Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 20,952 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 10,998 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Class Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 8,866 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 7,511 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistletoe and Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 6,952 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spoonful of Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #6) 4.42 avg rating — 5,858 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) 4.49 avg rating — 5,057 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Top Marks for Murder (Murder Most Unladylike, #8) 4.38 avg rating — 4,296 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Sets Sail (Murder Most Unladylike #9) 4.57 avg rating — 3,894 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cream Buns and Crime (Murder Most Unladylike, #0.5, 3.5, 4.5) 3.98 avg rating — 3,190 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Body in the Blitz tour 2023!

The time has come! I’m going on tour across the UK and Ireland for The Body in the Blitz, and you’re all invited to come along.

Below is the latest schedule – it’s not final, as I know we’re still working on a few dates (they’re noted in here as TBC, and I’ll update them when I can), but most things are now set. So here goes!

Bath Children’s Literature Festival – Saturday 30th September, 2:30pm. Thi

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Murder Most Unladylike (9 books)
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Robin Stevens (Goodreads Author)

4.25 avg rating — 83,588 ratings

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (2 books)
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4.27 avg rating — 832 ratings

Rosie and Jim - Storybooks Series (26 books)
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Robin Stevens (Goodreads Author),

Andy Robb (Illustrator)

4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings

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Sunrise by the Sea (Little Beach Street Bakery #4)

by Jenny Colgan

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White Boots

by Noel Streatfeild

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Robin Stevens said: " Warm and wonderful, this is a hug of a story about friendship, ambition and family that's dated in the best possible way. ...more "

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The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13)

by Elly Griffiths (Goodreads Author)

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Robin Stevens answered E L's question: hi robin what happened to june wong after a spoonful of murder? and do you think you will ever publish the murderer's court case? This answer contains spoilers… (view spoiler)
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Robin Stevens answered Quinley (Phoenix_Bluefeather)'s question: I've been a fan of your work for a long time, what detective (or other literary works) inspired your fiction the most? And which author was the most influential to you? Definitely Agatha Christie for crime fiction - also Josephine Tey and Dorothy Sayers and Ngaio Marsh and Arthur Conan Doyle. I love them all and their books all influenced mine!
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Robin Stevens has read Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Robin Stevens made a comment on Ministry of Unladylike Activity – audio edition! " ✯mya✯ wrote: "The audio version is amazing! Can't wait to hear your author's note :)" Thank you! It's being added to editions now - you should get it v ...more "
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Robin Stevens made a comment on Happy publication day, Ministry of Unladylike Activity! " The Mixed Up wrote: "I really loved the book!" Thank you!! ...more "
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Robin Stevens made a comment on May update! " Zosia Strzelec wrote: "So the title will be: “The Ministry of Unladylike Activity”, right?" Right! Just like the first book in the MMU series is called ...more "
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“After all, grown-ups always underestimate children. Children never underestimate each other.”
― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder

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“One of the rules of the Detective Society is that we never say no to tea.”
― Robin Stevens, Mistletoe and Murder

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“It really is silly when adults try to protect children, as though we are not on our way to becoming adults ourselves.”
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Polls

Mystery March Readathon 2023
Please DON’T vote for one of the options.
Recommend mystery books or graphic novels for our readathon

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew by Anthony Del Col

4 votes, 33.3%

The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson

2 votes, 16.7%

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

2 votes, 16.7%

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Is Bad Manners) by Robin Stevens

1 vote, 8.3%

The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

1 vote, 8.3%

Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton (write-in)

1 vote, 8.3%

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

0 votes, 0.0%

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

0 votes, 0.0%

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

0 votes, 0.0%

Pepper's Rules for Secret Sleuthing by Briana McDonald

0 votes, 0.0%

Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles

0 votes, 0.0%

Something Rotten by Alan Gratz

0 votes, 0.0%

Forget Me by K.A. Harrington

0 votes, 0.0%

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

0 votes, 0.0%

Framed! by James Ponti

0 votes, 0.0%

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

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The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel

0 votes, 0.0%

Cold Case by Julia Platt Leonard

0 votes, 0.0%

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