The grave's a fine and private place a Flavia de Luce novel
"In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar h...
| Main Author: | Bradley, C. Alan, 1938- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Delacorte Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Flavia de Luce mystery ;
9. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
"In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes against her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself as Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia's grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder--although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave."-- |
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| Physical Description: |
363 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780345539991 0345539990 |
| Author Notes: |
He is the author of the Flavia de Luce Mystery series, all 6 of which have been New York Times bestsellers. In 2009 he won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. He also writes non-fiction books including The Shoebox Bible and Ms. Holmes of Baker Street. (Bowker Author Biography) |