The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce MysteryWINNER 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 01/19/2010
ISBN: 9780385343497
Pages: 385
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.37w x 0.88d
Award: Dilys Award - Winner
Award: Agatha Awards - Winner
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee
Award: Macavity Award - Winner
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 02/07/2010 pg. 24
People Weekly 03/29/2010 pg. 51
Quill & Quire Books of the Yr 12/01/2009 pg. 1

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136784 / Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Reading Level: 6.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16