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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: The gripping second novel in the cosy Flavia De Luce series
Alan Bradley
Flavia De Luce Mystery, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Classic crime, Historical mysteries
Murder and puppetry come to the village of Bishop's Lacey...
Second novel in the highly acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series.'I was lying dead in the churchyard...' So says eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce - but soon a murder provides a gruesome distraction from her own death...
A travelling puppet show arrives in the sleepy English village of Bishop's Lacey, and everyone gathers to watch a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk in the village hall. But a shadow is cast over proceedings when a shocking murder takes place during the performance - a murder which strangely echoes a tragedy that occurred many years before.
For Flavia, undoing the complex knot that ties these strands together will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit - and throw a revealing light into some of the darker corners of the adult world...
Praise for The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: The gripping second novel in the cosy Flavia De Luce series
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The intricate plot unfolds neatly against a charming period backdrop of 1950s England, while the precocious but indomitable Flavia is so original a character that the book is a joy to read. - GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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The intricate plot unfolds neatly against a charming period backdrop of 1950s England, while the precocious but indomitable Flavia is so original a character that the book is a joy to read. - GOOD BOOK GUIDE
Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley was born into a family of storytellers who never stopped talking about the old days 'back home' in England - for which he is eternally grateful. He is a former professor at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. Alan is the author of a memoir, THE SHOEBOX BIBLE in addition to the bestselling Flavia de Luce series. He lives with his wife, Shirley, in the Isle of Man.
To find out more, visit www.flaviadeluce.com.
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