Four-star review of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2:
The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens
In the follow-up series to the Murder Most Unladylike
collection, Hazel’s little sister May is joined by her friends Nuala and Eric
to investigate murders, this time in the London mews where they are living
while they train to help the Ministry’s spies including Hazel, Daisy and their
friend George during World War II. Yes, I figured out what was going on long
before the kids but then they’re about 11 years old and this is only their
second case. Stevens seems to know how pre-teens’ minds work and the chances they
might take. The story is told by Nuala who, like Hazel in the first series, is
the one documenting the cases. The characters in the story are interesting.
Some of the situations are implausible, but fun to read about.
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