Murder most unladylike series order5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Daisy and Hazel are both intelligent and perceptive as well as well-read, and a key component of their success as detectives is being able to not just observe people, but to look beyond the surface and see flawed, fallible humans. Much as I loved my Malory Towers and St Clares as a child, I have to admit that the Wells and Wong books never read like an adult ventriloquising moralism through a child nor do they trivialise or underestimate the detectives’ intelligence as adults around them are frequently wont to. ![]() The series isn’t just written in the voice of a young girl writing down her adventures for others like her-it treats children and their capacity to engage with the complexity of the world around them with respect. ![]()
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