Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3)

An Edgar(R) Award Winning Series

Myrtle Hardcastle--twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective--is back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off in Premeditated Myrtle and How to Get Away with Myrtle.

When the proprietor of Leighton's Mercantile is found dead on the morning his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, it's clear a killer had revenge in mind. But who would want to kill the local dry-goods merchant? Perhaps someone who remembers the mysterious scandal that destroyed his career as a professor and archaeologist. When the killer strikes again, each time manipulating the figures in the display to foretell the crime, Myrtle finds herself racing to uncover the long-buried facts of a cold case--and the motivations of a modern murderer.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/05/2021
ISBN: 9781616209209
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.51w x 1.34d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee
Award: Agatha Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2021

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 514467 / Cold-Blooded Myrtle
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 12