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How to Get Away with Myrtle
by Elizabeth C. Bunce
The first Myrtle Hardcastle mystery started a bit slow, but I cannot say the same for the sequel. How to Get Away with Myrtle follows 12-year-old Myrtle once more as she again gets caught up in a murder; the very thing that her father was hoping she’d avoid.
In this book, Myrtle is sent on a vacation with her aunt Helena, who she is none too fond of. However, the vacation isn’t nearly as boring as she’d dreaded it would be. When there is a murder on the very train that she is taking, she immediately knows that to give the victim justice she will have to take matters into her own hands, and solve the case herself, with, of course, the help of Miss Judson and some old friends and new friends.
This mystery was even more breathtaking than the last. I did not see any of what happened coming, and I most definitely did not figure out who the murderer was.
I think that part of why I enjoyed this book more than the previous one in the series was that I already knew Myrtle and a lot of the other characters, and I already understood more of who Myrtle was, just more overall about her character.
I really liked getting to see more of Miss Judson in this book, however once again I was curious about her. I also wanted to know more about Myrtle’s aunt Helena. She was very funny to read about though!
I actually thought that the overall writing was better in this book, the second in the series. The descriptions of the characters and settings felt more real, and the events were more vivid and imaginable.
How to Get Away with Myrtle was a fast-paced, fun, and interesting read.
My rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Recommendable: Yes
To who? A sequel that surpasses the expectation from the book before it, How to Get Away with Myrtle is perfect for anyone who enjoyed Premeditated Myrtle. I think that older readers would enjoy this book even more than the first, and that anyone would have fun with this second installment about Myrtle Hardcastle.
In this book, Myrtle is sent on a vacation with her aunt Helena, who she is none too fond of. However, the vacation isn’t nearly as boring as she’d dreaded it would be. When there is a murder on the very train that she is taking, she immediately knows that to give the victim justice she will have to take matters into her own hands, and solve the case herself, with, of course, the help of Miss Judson and some old friends and new friends.
This mystery was even more breathtaking than the last. I did not see any of what happened coming, and I most definitely did not figure out who the murderer was.
I think that part of why I enjoyed this book more than the previous one in the series was that I already knew Myrtle and a lot of the other characters, and I already understood more of who Myrtle was, just more overall about her character.
I really liked getting to see more of Miss Judson in this book, however once again I was curious about her. I also wanted to know more about Myrtle’s aunt Helena. She was very funny to read about though!
I actually thought that the overall writing was better in this book, the second in the series. The descriptions of the characters and settings felt more real, and the events were more vivid and imaginable.
How to Get Away with Myrtle was a fast-paced, fun, and interesting read.
My rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Recommendable: Yes
To who? A sequel that surpasses the expectation from the book before it, How to Get Away with Myrtle is perfect for anyone who enjoyed Premeditated Myrtle. I think that older readers would enjoy this book even more than the first, and that anyone would have fun with this second installment about Myrtle Hardcastle.