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It is June 1950, and a sleepy English village is about to be awakened by the discovery of a dead body in Colonel de Luce's cucumber patch. The police are baffled, and when a dead snipe is deposited on the Colonel's doorstep with a rare stamp impaled on its beak, they are baffled even more. Only the Colonel's daughter, the precocious Flavia - when she's not plotting elaborate acts of revenge against her nasty older sisters in her basement chemistry laboratory, that is - has the ingenuity to follow the clues that reveal the victim's identity, and a conspiracy that reaches back into the de Luce family's murky past.
Flavia and her family are brilliant creations, adding a darkly playful and wonderfully atmospheric flavour to a plot of delightful ingenuity.
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Certain to become a national treasure (Daily Mail)
Delightfully entertaining (Guardian)
Flavia is enchanting (New York Times)
A breath of fresh air to the world of period-piece sleuthing (Independent)
Flavia is mercilessly addictive (Daily Telegraph)
A clever, witty and totally gripping read with lots of surprises (Essentials)
At once precocious and endearing, Flavia is a marvellous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference (Choice)
It's like entering the lost world of the Mitford sisters where the girls are allowed to run completely wild (Crime Squad)
Hilarious, eccentric and mischievous (Deadly Pleasures)
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Praise for the cosy crime Flavia de Luce Mysteries - perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Midsomer Murders:
The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite
Certain to become a national treasure (Daily Mail)
Delightfully entertaining (Guardian)
Flavia is enchanting (New York Times)
A breath of fresh air to the world of period-piece sleuthing (Independent)
Flavia is mercilessly addictive (Daily Telegraph)
A clever, witty and totally gripping read with lots of surprises (Essentials)
At once precocious and endearing, Flavia is a marvellous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference (Choice)
It's like entering the lost world of the Mitford sisters where the girls are allowed to run completely wild (Crime Squad)
Hilarious, eccentric and mischievous (Deadly Pleasures)
A delightfully dark and original period crime novel featuring an irresistible young sleuth and her eccentric family.
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- PublisherOrion
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0752891944
- ISBN 13 9780752891941
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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