The Grave's a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

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The Grave's a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ â€œThe worldâ€™s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuthâ€ (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.

In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flaviaâ€™s grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flaviaâ€™s mind off sorrow, it is solving a murderâ€”although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.

Praise for The Graveâ€™s a Fine and Private Place

â€œFlavia [is] irrepressible, precocious and indefatigable. . . . A whole new chapter of Flaviaâ€™s life opens as she approaches adolescence. Will she become the Madame Curie of crime?â€â€”Bookreporter

â€œOutstanding . . . As usual, Bradley makes his improbable series conceit work and relieves the plotâ€™s inherent darkness with clever humor.â€â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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â€œThereâ€™s only one Flavia. . . . Series fans will anticipate the details of this investigation, along with one last taste of Flaviaâ€™s unorthodox family life.â€â€”Library Journal (starred review)
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â€œBradleyâ€™s unquenchable heroine brings â€˜the most complicated case I had ever come acrossâ€™ to a highly satisfying conclusion, with the promise of still brighter days ahead.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
Country USA
Brand Delacorte Press
Manufacturer Delacorte Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 48319395
Model 0345539990
ReleaseDate 2018-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345539991

Country	USA
Brand	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	48319395
Model	0345539990
ReleaseDate	2018-01-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345539991

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

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