Myrtle and the Mystery of the Golden Lily

Myrtle Hardcastle is only twelve years old. She does not strive for the title of the Well-Bred Young Lady, neglects social events and reading girls' newspapers, preferring a textbook on toxicology and police reports. And how could it be otherwise, if her father is the city prosecutor?
Myrtle is convinced that a terrible crime has taken place tonight in the house where the elderly Miss Woodhouse lives. The girl begins her investigation, and the first mystery in her path is the disappearance of the lilies, to which the old woman devoted all her efforts.
Elizabeth C. Bunce is an American writer and an Edgar Award winner for Best Children's Novel. The main character of her detective story is a girl who skillfully solves cases that the police do not always handle, in the quiet English town of Swinburne. The book is illustrated by the talented artist Yulia Dobrovolskaya.
For middle and high school age.