And, I’m especially taken with the time setting of the late 30s and early 40s, as solving a case is all down to leg work, careful observation, and note taking.

When Mr Arthur dies in mysterious circumstances, Justice soon has a list of questions in her journal: why hasn't he been given a proper military funeral? Justice’s ‘dormies’ are a distinctive bunch and she navigates the cliquey nature and spitefulness of groups of girls eloquently, batting off the occasional snarky comment by the slightly psycho Rose by simply taking it at face value.

As with Griffiths’s adult novels, the story is an entertaining mystery with strong characters, shot through with humour and wry observations.

Hele serien om Justice Jones og hendes tid på kostskolen Highbury House har undertitlen ”Mit navn er Justice”. But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world, the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late. We started out with Justice at age twelve, entering Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk late in the first semester.

Justice is always on the look-out for a mystery and Highbury House seems to have lots that need investigating. But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world, the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late . After all, anything is better than the ghastly food served up in the bleakly Dickensian school into which she’s been unceremoniously thrust.

Justices far er forsvarsadvokat og moderen var krimiforfatter, så Justice er vokset op med kriminalitet i baghaven, om man så må sige.Justice Jones er født med en detektivnerve og undrer sig, på ingen måde over de mysterier hun falder over, straks hun er ankommet på Kostskolen Highbury House.

Assigned to look after Mr Arthur as her community service project, she wonders if his house, Smugglers’ Lodge, is haunted.

Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services. Justice is unhappy at first, but she soon discovers that the school is full of mysteries to be solved. While all the other girls idolise the Head Girl, Helena Bliss, and other blonde girls like the unpleasant Rose try to imitate her, Justice investigates the school’s secrets. She sets about to find out the truth, all the while trying to make new friends and learn the ropes at school.