The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 1：From the bestselling author of MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE

★以二戰為背景，融合間諜訓練與謀殺懸疑，情節緊湊刺激。
★豪宅內的家族秘密與驚人謀殺案，讓讀者欲罷不能，適合中小學生閱讀。

《The Ministry of Unladylike Activity》是多次獲獎、暢銷作家Robin Stevens最新推出的二戰懸疑冒險新作，開啟一段充滿刺激與謎團的系列。

故事背景設定在1940年，二戰如火如荼地進行，英國政府的秘密機構“不淑女活動部”（Ministry of Unladylike Activity）正在訓練間諜。女主角 May Wong勇敢又堅韌，迫切想為結束戰爭出一份力，好能夠回香港，並且希望能擺脫令她頭痛的學校生活。她堅信自己是個天生的間諜，因為大人們總是低估像她這樣的孩子。

當May和朋友Eric被部門拒絕後，兩人決定自立自強，偽裝成戰爭疏散人員，並前往Elysium Hall調查一個有錢的Verey家族，如果能證明家族其中有人為納粹德國傳遞情報，兩人就有機會被官方聘用。但沒想到Elysium Hall隱藏的秘密遠超想像，而隨後發生的謀殺案，更讓局勢錯綜複雜....

The start of a thrilling new Second World War mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.

'Superb' Observer

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'Engaging . . . You will make the journey with a spring in your step' The Times

'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' Katherine Rundell on the Murder Most Unladylike series

1940. Britain 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...

'Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans' Bookseller