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Flavia is a precocious 11 year-old girl who finds herself in the middle of murder mystery. She knows where to go for answers ... the library. After researching the victim's history at the library she uncovers a scandal over a missing valuable stamp. Her thoughts analyze details of events leading up to the discovery of a dying man, and her father's penchant for stamps collecting. The family cook has just made a fresh custard pie and left it to cool, when one piece is mysteriously missing. Another
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This is the first mystery of this type that I have read in a long time and I really enjoyed it. Flavia de Luce is a remarkable 11 year old girl with a vivid imagination and keen mind. When her father it arrested for murder of a stranger found dead in the cucumber garden Flavia goes to work to defend her father's innocence. Flavia has a love for chemistry and it just so happens she has her own lab in the old family estate. With her vivid descriptions I can just see Flavia in the lab concocting so
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Flavia De Luce is a typical 11 year old of the 50s. She is picked on by her older sisters, ignored by adults, except Dogger, and inquisitive about everything in her world. When she finds a dead man in her back yard and her father is arrested, Flavia goes about trying to find out who really did the deed.
Jan 30, 2011
Wanda Baldridge
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