The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: The gripping first novel in the cosy Flavia De Luce series
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By Alan Bradley
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Meet Flavia: Mystery Solver. Master Poisoner. 11 Years Old.
England 1950. At Buckshaw, the crumbling country seat of the de Luce family, very-nearly-eleven-year-old Flavia is plotting revenge on her older sisters.
Then a dead bird is left on the doorstep, which has an extraordinary effect on Flavia’s eccentric father, and a body is found in the garden. As the police descend on Buckshaw, Flavia decides to do some investigating of her own.
Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries:
‘The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite’ Mail on Sunday
‘A cross between Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle and the Addams family…delightfully entertaining’ Guardian
Fans of M. C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin, Frances Brody and Alexander McCall Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries:
1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking From Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d
9. The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
If you’re looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries.
- Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order *
Reviews
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a lighthearted and entertaining sleuth story centered around an 11 year old girl Flavia and her family set in rural 1950's England. We felt it was a cross between an Agatha Christie novel and the TV series, Jonathan Creek. The twist of crime novel and illusion made for an interesting read. We agreed that Alan Bradley caught the essence of life in 1950's rural England, and were surprised to read that gleaned this information from books he read as a child in Canada. A good summer...
Read more...What a wizard wheeze! Five Go Mad on Mescaline meets Agatha Blyton meets Molesworth meets Enid Christie. All pish and nonsense in the end of course but I loved it. The rest of my reading group loved it too. The worst that could be said of it was that it was charming. Two members of the group were so enchanted by it they bought the rest of the set! Another member took her copy on holiday to Spain and giggled so much by the pool 2 fellow guests at the same hotel wanted to borrow it before she came home!...
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