A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3) in Special chat with Charles Todd, Alan Bradley, and Tasha Alexander

Jul 13, 2011 Janet rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, mystery

I thought the third Flavia de Luce mystery, A Red Herring without Mustard, read as more of a tangled collision of circumstances than as a classically convoluted murder mystery, but I didn't mind. The fresh voice of intelligent, isolated, and intriguing Flavia de Luce should be allowed to tell her own stories, regardless of whether or not every box gets checked on the standard mystery checklist. In Flavia #3, I thought Bradley did an excellent job capturing the dissonance between the Inspector's ...more

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Feb 22, 2011 Sarah rated it really liked it

Good old Flavia -she never disappoints me, and I'm getting an ever increasing feeling that Bradley is setting up for Miss de Luce to do some investigating into the whereabouts of her Mother.

As usual, Flavias attempts to solve another murder (I wonder if her village is twinned with that of Midsomer?) are hampered by her "evil" sisters and an extremely tolerant police inspector - fire, death. gypsies, shady characters and the ever faithful bicycle Gladys all add up to another fine romp for one of ...more

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May 06, 2011 Karen Hardy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is the 3rd in the Alan Bradley series. The main character is Flavia de Luce and she is 12 yrs. old, aspires to be a chemist and is the village detective. the first book Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie was the best of the 3 but still a fun series when you just want a good easy read.

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Jan 22, 2011 Traci rated it it was amazing

This series has just captured my heart. It's not too often you read a mystery that makes you smile as you're reading it, but Flavia is just so adorable. ...more

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