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Titles: Premeditated Myrtle (#1 Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery) and How to Get Away with Myrtle (#2 Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery)
Author: Eizabeth C. Bunce
Published: 6th of October 2020 β Algonquin Young Readers
Format: eARC (Netgalley) β 368 pages (#1) and 352 pages (#2)
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Hello Hello! How are you?
Today Iβm bringing you a spotlight for a blog tour that I am taking part in for Algonquin Young Readers. Iβve done a few blog tours for Algonquin and so far Iβve really enjoyed their books!
When I saw the email about these two, I couldnβt say no as they sound just like what I enjoy, and they are middle grade historical fiction mystery, some things I love by themselves so together they are sure to be a win!
I decided to sign up for a Spotlight for this tour because I didnβt want to miss the chance to read and boost these books, but I didnβt want to dig myself a bigger whole with the workload I already have! Iβve started book 1 and Iβm enjoying it so far, I canβt wait to finish it and get a proper review up, but now letβs get on to the spotlight!
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GOODREADS SYNOPSIS
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Premediated Myrtle (#1 Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery)

Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her fatherβs law books and her mumβs microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England.
When her next-door neighbour, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes her β not even her father, the town prosecutor.
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If you would like to purchase this book, you can find it here:Β Amazon UKΒ β Amazon FRΒ β Amazon US βΒ AbeBooks (affiliate link) β The Book Depository (affiliate link) β Audible FR (affiliate link) β Waterstones β Barnes and Noble β Audible UK β Kobo
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How to Get Away with Myrtle (#2 Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery)

Before the train has left the station, Englandβs most accomplished new detective already is on a suspectβs trail, and readers will be delighted to travel along.
Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials. Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goesβwith her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in towβon a fabulous private railway coach headed for the English seaside.
Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom, a professional insurance investigator aboard to protect the priceless Northern Lights tiara. But before the train reaches its destination, both the tiara and Mrs. Bloom vanish. When Myrtle arrives, she and Peony discover a dead body in the baggage car. Someone has been murderedβwith Aunt Helenaβs sewing shears.
The trip is derailed, the local police are inept, and Scotland Yard is in no rush to arrive. Whatβs a smart, bored Young Lady of Quality stranded in a washed-up carnival town to do but follow the evidence to find out which of her fellow travelers is a thief and a murderer?
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If you would like to purchase this book, you can find it here:Β Amazon UKΒ β Amazon FRΒ β Amazon US βΒ AbeBooks (affiliate link) β The Book Depository (affiliate link) β Waterstones β Barnes and Noble β Kobo
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR β ELIZABETH C. BUNCE

Elizabeth C. Bunce grew up on a steady diet of Sherlock Holmes, Trixie Belden, and Quincy, M.E., and always played the lead prosecutor in mock trial. She has never had a governess, and no one has ever accused her of being irrepressible, but a teacher did once call her βargumentativeββwhich was entirely untrue, and she can prove it. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and their cats. Premeditated Myrtle is her first book for middle-grade readers.
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Elizabethβs Links: Website β Facebook β Instagram β Twitter
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Iβm really looking forward to finishing book 1 and jumping into book 2! And I hope you will pick these books up too, I think that the blurbs sound so good and loads of people of all ages are bound to love them!
Thank you so much to Algonquin Young Readers and Elizabeth C. Bunce for inviting me to be on this tour and for providing me with a free copy of both books to read and review. All opinions are my own.
Thatβs all for now, I hope you enjoyed this post, see you soon, stay safe,
Ellie xx
These both sound so good! I’m going to have to check them out for myself!
Hope you enjoy themπ
I know, they do!! Oh, that’s great, thank you, I hope you do too! π xx
This series sounds soooooo good! Great post/spotlight Ellie! β€οΈβ€οΈ
Thank you darling, really excited to read more! β€οΈβ€οΈ
[…] Ellie […]
These sound great! Love the titles!
Thank you, I do too!
These sound really good, excellent spotlight!
β₯ Mae
Thank you so much, I’m really looking forward to continuing them!