The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Collection 2 Books Set By Robin Stevens (The Ministry of Unladylike Activity, The Body in the Blitz)
Introduction:
Step into the thrilling world of espionage and mystery with The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Collection. Follow intrepid detectives Daisy and Hazel as they tackle daring missions and solve perplexing cases during World War II. A gripping blend of historical adventure and clever sleuthing awaits in these captivating tales by Robin Stevens.
Titles In This Set:
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
The Body in the Blitz
Description:
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
1940. The world is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies.
Enter May Wong: courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). May knows that she would make the perfect spy. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her.
When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family – including snobby, dramatic Nuala. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. If they can prove it, the Ministry will have to take them on.
But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined.
And then, someone is murdered . . .
The Body in the Blitz
March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies – because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry’s newest recruits.
May’s big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry, home to an unlikely collection of people thrown together by the war. And it is in the basement of the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. Something that has been placed there recently. A body…
