And I want to say a huge thanks to the Mystery Writers of America for welcoming us with open arms and ensuring that all of the precocious, irrepressible and maybe a little bit morbid girls and boys will always have a place to call home. “Thirty some years later, I am amazed and thrilled by the incredibly warm reception that ‘Myrtle’ has received from fans throughout the world. In that speech, she gives a shoutout to all the kids like Myrtle - and a young Elizabeth Bunce: “‘Premeditated Myrtle’ is my love letter to a nerdy outspoken middle-schooler whose home room teacher called argumentative and antisocial,” Bunce says. Maybe it’s no coincidence that a forthright cat makes repeated appearances in the online video of Bunce’s Edgar Award acceptance speech. She landed on developing a plucky preteen character whose sidekick is an outgoing cat named Peony with a meow that sounds like “no.” Peony says no a lot.

“So I thought, I need to write a book that’s very me, but especially for those younger kids.” This conversation originally aired on KPR Presents on July 4, 2021. It's a conversation with Elizabeth Bunce of Lenexa. With sparkling wit and a tight, twisty plot, Premeditated Myrtle, 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.“They loved the thick language and the historical settings and the rich themes and the little hint of darkness there in the story lines and the spookiness and the drama,” Bunce says. Week of July 3, 2022: Meet Myrtle Hardcastle, the heroine of Premeditated Myrtle, winner of the prestigious Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery and a Kansas Notable Book.

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. When her next-door neighbour, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. 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 neighbours in the quiet village of Swinburne, England. A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date. Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Series list: Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery (4 Books) by Elizabeth C.

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