Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection
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On this day 24th June 1920 I turned fourteen. I plan to have a very exciting future now that I have thrown off the SHACKLES of SCHOOL! A detective is what I would most like to be. I cannot think of any reason why I could not be one. Except perhaps I am too young. And I don't like blood. Nancy Parker has recently been engaged in her first position - as a housemaid for the very modern Mrs Bryce. It's not Nancy's dream job (she'd rather be investigating crimes like they
do in her beloved six-penny thrillers) but as Mrs Bryce starts to entertain her new neighbours with lavish parties, it becomes clear that something strange and interesting might be afoot. Local burglaries, a cook with a deep, dark secret - and Mrs Bryce's own glamorous but murky past. Will Nancy
solve the mysteries while still keeping on top of her chores? A hilarious and energetic middle-grade mystery, narrated part in the third person and part through Nancy's journal.
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- 1 The Future
- 2 Daggers Drawn
- 3 The Early Bird Catches the Worm
- 4 Worst Fears
- 5 I Begin My Career
- 6 All Mod Cons
- 7 More Lessons Learnt
- 8 A Constable Calls
- 9 Trouble
- 10 My Burglar Theory
- 11 Anthropology
- 12 Food for Thought
- 13 Looking for a Connection
- 14 My Theory About Cook
- 15 Psychology
- 16 Good and Bad
- 17 Discoveries
- 18 Not Too Extreme
- 19 Communication
- 20 Marius
- 21 Nothing But Work
- 22 Two Good Things
- 23 Made My Day
- 24 Loot
- 25 Money Matters
- 26 The Valiant
- 27 Murder, That’s What!
- 28 The Rosebud Bag
- 29 Wagging Tongues
- 30 Not P****** at All
- 31 Jumble
- 32 Enemy Flag
- 33 Little Black Book
- 34 Professor Otter Accepts an Invitation
- 35 Lettie & Little May
- 36 Something Big in the Movie Business
- 37 The Shacks
- 38 Husband No. 3?
- 39 Inside Business
- 40 Diagnosis Boredom
- 41 Midnight Mermaid
- 42 Scrambled
- 43 Vanished Dreams
- 44 A Modern Girl
- 45 Advice from an Expert
- 46 Ella’s Instincts
- 47 A Funny Feeling
- 48 Lavinia Otter’s Window
- 49 The Very Worst
- 50 Midnight Feast
- 51 A Proper Plan
- 52 Enemy Territory
- 53 Red Herrings
- 54 Top Secret
- 55 Getting Away
- 56 Proof
- 57 The Bicycle Dash
- 58 The Most Momentous Day
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by Julia Lee
- Copyright
