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THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN’S BAG A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD MEET FLAVIA. She’s the adolescent sleuth of Alan Bradley’s hugely popular mystery series set in 1950’s England. And she’s impossible to resist. . . “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 START READING “Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.” - USA Today START READING START READING “Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit.” — People (★ ★ ★) “Think of Flavia as a new Sherlock in the making.”— Booklist “Don’t be fooled by Flavia’s age or the 1950’s setting: A Red Herring . . . is shot through with real grit.” — Entertainment Weekly I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS START READING It’s Christmastime, and a film crew has arrived at the de Luces’ decaying English estate to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. But when the local vil- lagers gather during a blizzard to watch the actress perform, the evening delivers a shocking ending: a body strangled to death with a length of film. Who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the list of suspects grows, Flavia must use every ounce of sly wit at her disposal to ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.

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Page 1: Meet Flavia de Luce

THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE

THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN’S BAG

A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD

MEET FLAVIA.She’s the adolescent sleuth of Alan

Bradley’s hugely popular mystery series set in 1950’s England.

And she’s impossible to resist. . .

“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

S TA RT R E A D I N G

“Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.” - USA Today

S TA RT R E A D I N G

S TA RT R E A D I N G

“Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit.” — People (★ ★ ★ ★)

“Think of Flavia as a new Sherlock in the making.”— Booklist

“Don’t be fooled by Flavia’s age or the 1950’s setting: A Red Herring . . . is shot through with real grit.” — Entertainment Weekly

I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS

S TA RT R E A D I N G

It’s Christmastime, and a film crew has arrived at the de Luces’ decaying English estate to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. But when the local vil-lagers gather during a blizzard to watch the actress perform, the evening delivers a shocking ending: a body strangled to death with a length of film. Who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the list of suspects grows, Flavia must use every ounce of sly wit at her disposal to ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.