School is an enclosed world that breeds tension and suspicion and stress. No wonder it's such a perfect setting for a murder mystery.

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Contributors:

—Moira Redmond, author of the Clothes in Books blog

—Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike book series

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

—The Governess, or The Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding

—Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

—David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

—Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

—A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

—The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton

—The School at the Chalet by Elinor Brent-Dyer

—Moira's blog about The Silent Three

—First Term at Mallory Towers by Enid Blyton

—The Clue in the Castle by Joyce Bevins Webb - Rare Book

—A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blake

—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

—Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie

—Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser

—The Secret Place by Tana French

—Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

—First Class Murder by Robin Stevens

—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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