I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce Mystery, Book 4)
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Book Details
Author(s)
Alan Bradley,
Publisher
Bantam
ISBN / ASIN
0385344023
ISBN-13
9780385344029
Sales Rank
#47,717
Category
Fiction
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate. USA Today
ALAN BRADLEY, AUTHOR OF THE MOST AWARD-WINNING SERIES DEBUT OF ANY YEAR, RETURNS WITH ANOTHER IRRESISTIBLE FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL.
[Alan] Bradley has created one of the most original, charming, devilishly creative and hilarious detectives of any age or any time. Bookreporter
It s Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop s Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening s shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.
[Flavia is] the most intrepid and charming adolescent chemist/detective/busybody in all of rural, post World War II England. The Seattle Times
Quirky and delightful . . . Flavia is a classic literary character who manages to appeal to both young and old readers equally. Wichita Falls Times Record News
Bradley s plot twists and turns delightfully. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES
ALAN BRADLEY, AUTHOR OF THE MOST AWARD-WINNING SERIES DEBUT OF ANY YEAR, RETURNS WITH ANOTHER IRRESISTIBLE FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL.
[Alan] Bradley has created one of the most original, charming, devilishly creative and hilarious detectives of any age or any time. Bookreporter
It s Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop s Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening s shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.
[Flavia is] the most intrepid and charming adolescent chemist/detective/busybody in all of rural, post World War II England. The Seattle Times
Quirky and delightful . . . Flavia is a classic literary character who manages to appeal to both young and old readers equally. Wichita Falls Times Record News
Bradley s plot twists and turns delightfully. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES
