Mystery
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2009·304 pages
An eleven-year-old aspiring chemist investigates a murder at her crumbling English estate in this witty 1950s mystery.
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An eleven-year-old aspiring chemist investigates a murder at her crumbling English estate in this witty 1950s mystery.
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In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying...
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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
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Speaking from Among the Bones
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The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
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The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
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The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief observed kiss between a young couple; no other romantic content
Violence & gore
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Murder, a dying victim, and peril for the heroine; largely non-graphic
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Period class themes; some racially insensitive remarks
Self-harm / suicide
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Historical suicide of a teacher referenced in backstory
Abuse & suffering
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Sibling bullying and pranks; dead animal left as a threat
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