Mystery
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
2016
Twelve-year-old chemist-sleuth Flavia de Luce comes home to a bleak Christmas, family illness, and a macabre village murder to unravel.
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Twelve-year-old chemist-sleuth Flavia de Luce comes home to a bleak Christmas, family illness, and a macabre village murder to unravel.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed as “a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes” by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in a Christmas mystery from award-winning author Alan Bradley. In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to be sailing home to England. But instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on the docks with unfortunate news: Her father has fallen ill, and a hospital visit will have to wait while he r...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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On-page discovery of a corpse hung upside down; murder plot without graphic gore
Profanity
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Rare mild language consistent with a witty period voice
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Christmas setting; errand for the vicar’s wife; mild clerical references
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Local rumors that certain women are witches
Political content
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No evidence found in available sources
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Father’s serious illness; grief over long-absent mother
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