Missing maids,suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for... For a fearless girl called Justice Jones,super-smart super-sleuth,it's just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. For fans of Robin Stevens,Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton.When Justice's mother dies,her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone. Having previously been home-schooled,the transition is a shock. Can it really be the case that blondes rule the corridors Are all uniforms such a charming shade of brown And do schools normally hide dangerous secrets about the murder of a chamber maidJustice takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. (Mainly about the murder,but perhaps she can figure out her new nemesis - the angelic Rose - at the same time.) But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world,the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late ...
Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupISBN: 9781786540591Number of pages: 320Weight: 180 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 18 mm
Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is the pen-name of British author Domenica de Rosa. A former Editorial Director for children's books at Harper Collins,Griffiths published her first novel,The Italian Quarter,in 1998 under her own name. A holiday in Norfolk inspired her to write what would become the bestselling novel The Crossing Places,the first novel in the Dr Ruth Galloway series of mystery novels and Rosa's first novel as Elly Griffiths. She is also the author of the popular Stephens and Mephisto novels which began with The Zig Zag Girl.
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