{"product_id":"premeditated-myrtle-myrtle-hardcastle-mystery-1-hardcover","title":"Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Bunce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e(R)\u003cb\u003e Award Winner, Best Juvenile\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2020: Middle Grade\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart twelve-year-old with a keen interest in criminology and a nose for murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father's law books and her mum's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her next-door neighbor, 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 he --not even her father, the town prosecutor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sparkling wit and a tight, twisty plot, \u003ci\u003ePremeditated Myrtle\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in a series from an award-winning author, introduces a brilliant young investigator ready to take on hard cases and maddening Victorian rules for Young Ladies of Quality in order to earn her place among the most daring and acclaimed amateur detectives of her time or any other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Bunce\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on a steady diet of Sherlock Holmes, Trixie Belden, and \u003ci\u003eQuincy, M.E.\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \"argumentative\"--which was \u003ci\u003eentirely\u003c\/i\u003e untrue, and she can prove it. She was the inaugural winner of the ALA's William C. Morris Award for a debut work written for young adults, for \u003ci\u003eA Curse As Dark As Gold. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Kansas City with her husband and their cats. \u003ci\u003ePremeditated Myrtle\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book for middle-grade readers. You can find her online at elizabethcbunce.com. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Premeditated Myrtle\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52649326444851,"sku":"9781616209186","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QWhxOFQ1a2o1d2tYbUsxeHVBQlZoZz09.webp?v=1762470103","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/premeditated-myrtle-myrtle-hardcastle-mystery-1-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}