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The third in the A GIRL CALLED JUSTICE mystery series by Elly Griffiths for readers aged 9+ lacked tension and pace partly due to a lot of set up with the introduction of Letitia. As a result I didn‘t believe in the peril and despite a good twist, the investigation is quite patchy. That said, I did like Letitia‘s attitude and she‘ll make an interesting addition to the Barnowls and the tension with Stella and Dorothy would make me read on.

Reading with my daughter. Promising. 😀#raisingreaders

Acclaimed crime novelist Elly Griffiths‘s first mystery for children aged 9+ (the first in a series) is an entertaining addition to the trend for boarding school detectives but includes characters from less privileged backgrounds and although I thought that the mystery lacked cohesion and pace in parts, Griffiths creates a good sense of menace and anxiety as the girls are snowed in while winking at the conventions of the boarding school genre.