I also thought Amina’s annoyance at the misunderstanding, exploitation and downright disrespect of her home and culture was a great point of view to bring to the book. Their differing reactions to the mummies (and the offer of a mummified finger or two!) was wonderfully in keeping with their characters and friendship. The setting is richly described and I loved the way its ‘foreign-ness’ took us back to Daisy’s trip to Hong Kong with Hazel in a Spoonful of Murder. As you’d expect if you’ve been following the series. Regardless of whether or not you get the Death on the Nile references though, this is an absolutely brilliant murder mystery in its own right. Now, I haven’t read any Agatha Christie, but I know Robin is a big fan and that this is at least in part something of a tribute to Christie’s Death on the Nile, so I suspect for those who have read that there’ll be plenty of easter eggs to find. This book sees Daisy and Hazel spending their school holidays with new friend, Amina, in Egypt on a cruise down the Nile. I will try, but this may be a pretty short review…

That said, there’s very little I can say about it for fear of spoilers! I think though I’d love to go back to re-read them now and suspect I’d enjoy them much more having seen the progression and development of the characters, their families, school and friends.īack to Death Sets Sail! I was SO thrilled to get an early copy of this and it didn’t disappoint at all – it had everything you could possibly wish for in a series finale, and more! I’ve just re-read my series review of them (which you can read here) and found it really interesting to look back on a series which is now a firm favourite and how it really grew on me as I read with both Daisy herself and a couple of the earlier books taking some warming to at first! I was, admittedly a little late in joining The Detective Society, but once Amy introduced me I was well and truly hooked and read the rest of the series one after the other in quick succession. I can’t believe its the final Murder Most Unladylike. I feel incredibly lucky to have been sent a copy of this from the publishers in exchange for an honest review.

Death sets sail by robin stevens