Robin Stevens, Murder Most Unladylike

Oh, that was good.. It came about because Libby's friend Lauren is reading the series at the moment. We bought her one in Waterstone's in Guildford, and the assistant, a grown man, gushed at how fantastic the series were and how obsessed he and his flatmate were. It's nothing revolutionary, but it's a well-crafted combination of Mallory Towers style boarding-school adventure and a locked room mystery. I'm far from the target demographic, but really enjoyed it! Why was I buying Lauren a book? It was on Libby's birthday, and I took the girls ice skating. Lauren had a fall and hurt her arm, so we cut it short. We had pizza for lunch and her arm was starting to feel better. So we went swimming in the afternoon. Then Lauren's mum picked her up and took her to gymnastics. The next day the arm was a bit swollen and so her mum took Lauren to the drop-in centre. Turns out she had fractured her arm. On my watch. And then I took her swimming. I owe her a book or two.