The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
WINNER OF THE AGATHA • ARTHUR ELLIS • DILYS • DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS
“Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.”—Chicago Sun-Times
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 is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds 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.”
BONUS: This edition contains a The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag.
“Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.”—Chicago Sun-Times
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 is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds 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.”
BONUS: This edition contains a The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag.
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Community Reviews
Fun read about a precocious 11-year-old girl, Flavia de Luce, who has a fascination with chemistry and is curious about everything. She turns into a sleuth when a stranger is found dead in their garden.
The first in a series.
The first in a series.
этой ставлю 3.5
героиня хорошая - хотя и вообще не похожа на одиннадцатилетнюю девочку
но автор иногда буксует на её размышлениях, что замедляет динамику
детективу нужен сайдкик, чтобы обсуждать с ним расследования, всё-таки
но почитаю следующие в серии
героиня хорошая - хотя и вообще не похожа на одиннадцатилетнюю девочку
но автор иногда буксует на её размышлениях, что замедляет динамику
детективу нужен сайдкик, чтобы обсуждать с ним расследования, всё-таки
но почитаю следующие в серии
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