Bradley, C. Alan
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Print The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Alan Bradley - New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2010. - 385 ; 21 cm. Paperback - Flavia de Luce Book 1 . - A Flavia de Luce Mystery. .
It is the summer of 1950 - and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird id found on the doorstep, a postage stam bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia find a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."
9780385343497 (pbk.) 0385343493 (pbk.)
2010290123
Detectives--England
Motherless families
Sisters
England
Bra 30
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Print The sweetness at the bottom of the pie Alan Bradley - New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2010. - 385 ; 21 cm. Paperback - Flavia de Luce Book 1 . - A Flavia de Luce Mystery. .
It is the summer of 1950 - and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird id found on the doorstep, a postage stam bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia find a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."
9780385343497 (pbk.) 0385343493 (pbk.)
2010290123
Detectives--England
Motherless families
Sisters
England
Bra 30