Speaking from Among the Bones
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Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as "one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."
Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they're found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters' diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred's death, the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint's tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there's never such thing as an open-and-shut case.
Acclaim for Speaking from Among the Bones
"[Alan] Bradley scores another success. . . . This series is a grown-up version of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and all those mysteries you fell in love with as a child."--The San Diego Union-Tribune
"The precocious and irrepressible Flavia . . . continues to delight."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Fiendishly brilliant . . . Bradley has created an utterly charming cast of characters . . . as quirky as any British mystery fan could hope for."--Bookreporter
"Delightful and entertaining."--San Jose Mercury News
Acclaim for Alan Bradley's beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
"Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate."--USA Today
"Delightful."--The Boston Globe, on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
"Utterly beguiling."--People (four stars), on The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
"Irresistibly appealing."--The New York Times Book Review, on A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley is the author of several short tales, children's stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible, which has been a New York Times bestseller. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, his debut Flavia de Luce novel, won the Debut Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association, as well as the Dilys Winn Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was nominated for the Anthony Award. The Weed That Threads the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard, I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Speaking from Among the Bones, As Chimney Sweepers Fall to Dust, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, and The Grave's a Fine and Private Place are his other Flavia de Luce novels, as well as the ebook short story The Strange Case of the Copper Corpse.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385344043 |
| ISBN 10 | 038534404X |
| Title | Speaking from Among the Bones |
| Author | Alan Bradley |
| Series | Flavia De Luce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2013-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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