Alexander Arcady

**Alexander Arcady** is a student at Weston Boys' School and co-chair of the Junior Pinkertons detective society. He is a friend of Daisy Wells, Hazel Wong and George Mukherjee. Alexander is Russian-American, and his accent is described as a mix between an English accent and an American accent.

He first appears in the book First Class Murder, and is also in Mistletoe and Murder, Death in the Spotlight, and Death Sets Sail. He is mentioned a lot in Jolly Foul Play, and we some of the letters he and Hazel exchange, but doesn't make a proper appearance. He has narrated a few mini mysteries in Cream Buns and Crime and Once Upon a Crime, but doesn't narrate any of the main books. He makes a brief appearance at the beginning of The Body in the Blitz.

## Personality

Alexander is very enthusiastic and positive; in Mistletoe and Murder, George says that Alexander considers everyone nice, even if they aren't. He is quite awkward and oblivious at times.

While detecting, he is rational and noticing. In the Junior Pinkertons, he is the one to take notes, and he knows a lot of codes, such as shorthand, Pig Latin, and morse code.

## Appearance

Alexander has sandy blond hair and blue eyes. He is described as being very tall, and in the earlier books, Daisy says that his arms are too long, however in Death Sets Sail, Hazel says that when they first met him he had simply grown out of his shirts which made him stand awkwardly, and that really, his arms are perfectly normal.

## Storylines

### First Class Murder

Alexander first meets Daisy and Hazel when they are all travelling on the Orient Express. He is travelling with his grandmother, Countess Demidovskoy. He manages to convince the girls to allow him to help solve the murder of Mrs Daunt. He helps them eavesdrop on the interviews with the suspects, and finds the papers that help them catch who the spy is.

### Jolly Foul Play

Alexander is now well acquainted with the Detective Society, and Hazel sends him letters, and he writes back. Then Daisy and Hazel have a new murder case, and she writes to Alexander for help, and the Junior Pinkertons help via letter.

### Mistletoe and Murder

Alexander and George are visiting George’s older brother, Harold, at St. John’s, Cambridge. Alexander invites Hazel and Daisy to come along. The girls stay in St. Lucy’s while Daisy's older brother, Bertie Wells, is at Maudlin College. They soon start to see some suspicious behaviour and the two detective societies start a bet to see which one can prove that something really is going on faster. However their bet is cut short after a murder takes place, and they agree to work together to solve it.

### Death Sets Sail

Hazel and Daisy go on a cruise ship along the Nile with their new school friend, Amina El Maghrabi, but before they leave for Egypt, Hazel writes a letter to Alexander telling him where they’ll be. Alexander and George end up surprising them there, so they can all go on the cruise together. A murder soon takes place, and they must work together to solve it, using all the tricks in the book to deter the adults onboard.

During the recreation of the crime, Alexander tries to confess his feelings for Hazel to her, but she gets very nervous and interrupts him by beginning to talk (untruthfully) about a book that she was 'interested in'. He later attempts to confess again, and keeps stumbling over his words, but this time he is interrupted by Hazel kissing him.

### The Body in the Blitz

Alexander makes a short appearance in The Body in the Blitz, when he and Hazel pick up May and Nuala at the train station. Here, he meets Nuala for the first time, and she remarks that he is overly friendly and enthusiastic, and she doesn't quite know how to act around him. She also observes that he is strong, and that his accent "blurred in and out of American and English like a radio tuning between stations".

## Relationships

### Hazel Wong

Hazel and Alexander first met on the Orient Express in First Class Murder. After the murder, Alexander realises Daisy and Hazel are investigating it and offers to work with them. While Daisy is reluctant to accept the offer, Hazel thinks it's a good idea. Later, in Jolly Foul Play, it is revealed that Hazel and Alexander have kept contact with each other, writing letters in invisible ink and Pig Latin, which is a sort of code. We also find out that Hazel has a crush on Alexander, although she is not too sure that he likes her back. This storyline is continued in Mistletoe and Murder, where it is revealed that Alexander actually has a crush on Daisy. Daisy, however, is quite uninterested in him and tries to subtly reject him, but Alexander doesn't realise that she doesn't like him until both Hazel and George tell him so.

Following that, he loses feelings for Daisy, and instead starts to focus on Hazel. In Death Sets Sail, he attempts to kiss Hazel when they went into his cabin to get her a watch to use in the re-creation of the crime. He started expressing his feeling towards Hazel, but Hazel grew nervous due to the way Alexander was looking at her, and interrupted him to try to change the topic. Later, at Fallingford, he tried to talk to her about his feelings for her again, and she interrupted him again, but this time by kissing him.

### George Mukherjee

Alexander is George's best friend, who he met at Weston Boys' School. They created the detective society The Junior Pinkertons. They have solved several mini mysteries together at Weston, and a few murders with Daisy and Hazel, as well as a theft. Due to George being Indian and Hindu, he used to get beaten up at chapel by the other boys, which would make Alexander cry, and then George would have to take care of him.

### Daisy Wells

Alexander and Daisy meet on the Orient Express in First Class Murder. After the murder, Alexander realises Daisy and Hazel were investigating it and offers to work with them. While Daisy was reluctant to accept the offer, Hazel thinks it is a good idea. During Jolly Foul Play and Mistletoe and Murder Alexander has a crush on Daisy. Daisy, however, is quite uninterested in him and tries to subtly reject him, but Alexander doesn't realise that she doesn't like him until both Hazel and George tell him so. Following that, he loses feelings for her. Daisy says that she finds Alexander to be quite annoying and not clever enough for Hazel, however, privately, she doesn't mind him all that much, and actually thinks of him as a friend.