I was so happy to pick up an Advanced Reading Copy of this adult novel at ALA Midwinter, and kinda sad that I just got around to finishing it! I was a fan of Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and read online that there will be several more books in the series. Flavia de Luce is a precocious eleven-year-old who is Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew all rolled together with a love of poisons. In fact, the love of poisons is my favorite part. Flavia takes full advantage of her uncle's old laboratory in her old house, and she knows everything about chemicals, plants, poisons and antidotes. She's also pretty good at solving mysteries. So when a traveling puppeteer is murdered in her own church, she naturally begins the investigation, even if the local police isn't too interested in her ideas. The plot moves along nicely and Flavia saves the day, of course.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag: a Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley
I was so happy to pick up an Advanced Reading Copy of this adult novel at ALA Midwinter, and kinda sad that I just got around to finishing it! I was a fan of Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and read online that there will be several more books in the series. Flavia de Luce is a precocious eleven-year-old who is Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew all rolled together with a love of poisons. In fact, the love of poisons is my favorite part. Flavia takes full advantage of her uncle's old laboratory in her old house, and she knows everything about chemicals, plants, poisons and antidotes. She's also pretty good at solving mysteries. So when a traveling puppeteer is murdered in her own church, she naturally begins the investigation, even if the local police isn't too interested in her ideas. The plot moves along nicely and Flavia saves the day, of course.
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