June 2020 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

[Judy]

Thank you, Sandy! This is the Flavia link:
https://crimereads.com/how-the-flavia...

And this is the Freeman Wills Crofts one:
https://crimereads.com/the-mostly-for...

I don't think I knew about this site, so thank you :)

[Gary]

I am up to Chapter 22 of 27. Enjoyable yarn. I hope the end doesn't disappoint. I am pretty sure Flavia and I would have been friends. I was pretty good in chemistry.

[Jackie]

thank you for the link, Judy

[Tara]

I don't recall reading Nancy Drew as a kid (I was reading Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot from least the age of 10), but this seems like it could be a contender in that genre. The difficulty in having such a young heroine is that the author needs to find plausible ways of uncovering clues, which is especially hindering if they do so solo. I felt the author handled this element deftly, even if the overall plot was a bit of stretch.