The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel

The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel
- The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel
A finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery featuring Flavia de Luce, â€œthe worldâ€™s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuthâ€ (The Seattle Times).

Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishopâ€™s Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luceâ€™s sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. â€œA church is a wonderful place for a wedding,â€ muses Flavia, â€œsurrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar.â€ Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the chemical nature of poisons, she has solved many mysteries, sharpening her considerable detection skills to the point where she had little choice but to turn professional. So Flavia and dependable Dogger, estate gardener and sounding board extraordinaire, set up shop at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, eager to serveâ€”not so simple an endeavor with her odious little moon-faced cousin, Undine, constantly underfoot. But Flavia and Dogger persevere. Little does she know that their first case will be extremely close to home, beginning with an unwelcome discovery in Opheliaâ€™s wedding cake: a human finger.

Praise for The Golden Tresses of the Dead

â€œA ghoulish question is at the heart of Bradleyâ€™s excellentÂ tenth Flavia de Luce novel. . . . Bradley, who has few peers at combining fair-play clueing with humor and has fun mocking genre conventions,Â shows no sign of running out of ideas.â€â€”Publishers WeeklyÂ (starred review)
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â€œFlaviaâ€™s over-the-top use of alliteration . . . and proudly precocious, sesquipedalian vocabulary . . . along withÂ the thoroughly endearing cast of characters, make this seriesâ€™ tenth installmentÂ a laugh-out-loud winner.â€â€”BooklistÂ (starred review)
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Â â€œFlavia de Luce hasnâ€™t lost a sister, sheâ€™s gained a caseâ€”andÂ what a case. . . . PerhapsÂ the most consistently hilarious adventure of the alarmingly precocious heroine.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
Country USA
Brand Delacorte Press
Manufacturer Delacorte Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 52642582
Model 52642582
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2019-01-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345540027

Country	USA
Brand	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	52642582
Model	52642582
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2019-01-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345540027

The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel

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