Death Sets Sail

“Spoilsport,' said Daisy, and she stuck her tongue out at me.”

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## Death Sets Sail

### Publisher

Puffin

Death Sets Sail is the ninth and final book in the Murder Most Unladylike series. It is written by Robin Stevens. The story takes place on the Nile.

It is preceded by Top Marks for Murder.

## Blurb

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder.

Also travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora’s timid daughter Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. And within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead…

Daisy and Hazel leap into action and begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive…

## Characters

### The Detectives

* Daisy Wells - the Wells & Wong Detective Society
* Hazel Wong (Wong Fung Ying) - the Wells and Wong Detective Society
* Amina El Maghrabi - the Wells and Wong Detective Society
* Alexander Arcady - the Junior Pinkertons
* George Mukherjee - the Junior Pinkertons

### The SS Hatshepsut

* Mr Mustafa Mansour - the manager of the SS Hatshepsut
* Vincent Wong (Wong Lik Han) - Hazel’s father
* Rose Wong (Wong Ngai Ling, also known as Ling Ling) - Hazel’s half-sister
* May Wong (Wong Mei Li, also known as Monkey) - Hazel’s half sister
* Pik An - Rose’s maid (also maid to May on this journey)
* Miss Adeline Beauvais - Amina’s governess
* Mr Joseph Young - Alexander and George’s tutor
* Ahmed - a sailor, member of the SS Hatshepsut’s crew
* Mrs Theodora Miller - the leader of the Breath of Life Society and the reincarnation of Hatshepsut
* Hephzibah “Heppy” Miller - member of the Breath of Life Society and Theodora’s adopted daughter
* Daniel Miller - ex-member of the Breath of Life Society and Theodora’s adopted son
* Miss Ida Doggett - member of the Breath of Life Society and the reincarnation of Cleopatra
* Miss Rhiannon Bartleby - member of the Breath of Life Society and the reincarnation of Nefertiti
* Mr Narcissus DeWitt - member of the Breath of Life Society and the reincarnation of Thutmose III
* Joshua Morse - ex-member of the Breath of Life Society

### Fallingford

* Rebecca ‘Beanie’ Martineau - the Wells & Wong Detective Society
* Kitty Freebody - the Wells & Wong Detective Society
* Lavinia Temple - the Wells & Wong Detective Society
* Bertie Wells - Daisy’s brother
* Harold Mukherjee - George’s brother
* Chapman - the Wellses’ butler
* Hetty - the Wellses’ maid
* Mrs Doherty - the Wellses’ housekeeper
* Toast Dog - a dog
* Millie - a dog

## Trivia

* The name of the parts in the book, Towards Zero, Appointment with Death, The Secret Adversary, Taken at the Flood, Cards on the Table, Death Comes as the End, and Curtain are all Agatha Christie novels. The Agatha Christie book, Curtain, was about her most famous detective Hercules Poirot’s last case, and the name is also used for Daisy and Hazel’s last part of their last case, which marks the end of their adventures.
* In Amina’s guide to Egypt the letters in capital spell a message, ‘Daisy I’ll wait’.