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The grave's a fine and private place [sound recording] / Alan Bradley.
"In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes against her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself as Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia's grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder-although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780449807699
- Physical Description: 8 audio discs (10 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Random House Audio/Books on Tape, [2018]
- Copyright: ℗2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact disc. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Jayne Entwhistle. |
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| Subject: | De Luce, Flavia (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Audiobooks. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | CD FIC Bradl | 31681010085348 | CDFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Joining her older sisters for a recuperative boating trip in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce discovers a body in the water near the church of a murderous vicar. - Baker & Taylor
Joining her older sisters for a recuperative boating trip in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, 12-year-old Flavia de Luce discovers a body in the water near the church of a murderous vicar. By the co-author ofMs. Holmes of Baker Street . Simultaneous. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âThe worldâs greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuthâ (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flaviaâs grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flaviaâs mind off sorrow, it is solving a murderâalthough one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.
Praise for The Graveâs a Fine and Private Place
âFlavia [is] irrepressible, precocious and indefatigable. . . . A whole new chapter of Flaviaâs life opens as she approaches adolescence. Will she become the Madame Curie of crime?ââBookreporter
âOutstanding . . . As usual, Bradley makes his improbable series conceit work and relieves the plotâs inherent darkness with clever humor.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review)
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âThereâs only one Flavia. . . . Series fans will anticipate the details of this investigation, along with one last taste of Flaviaâs unorthodox family life.ââLibrary Journal (starred review)
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âBradleyâs unquenchable heroine brings âthe most complicated case I had ever come acrossâ to a highly satisfying conclusion, with the promise of still brighter days ahead.ââKirkus Reviews
