by Alan Bradley
Flavia de Luce, 11 years old with a chemistry lab full of poison inherited from Great Uncle Tar, lives on the bankrupt decaying estate of Buckshaw. Second in the series following the first book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Flavia again uses her sleuthing abilities and charm to investigate a murder and an accident by misadventure.
Set in England during the 1950s, Flavia has a lot of free time on her hands with a father immersed in his stamp collection, and two older sisters who have their own activities: boys and novels. A puppeteer and his beautiful assistant become stranded when their van breaks down next to St. Tancred’s church and the vicar offers them the church for a puppet show in return for getting their van fixed. Flavia hangs around and offers to help but her sleuthing skills are put to work when murder occurs during the showing of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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