The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley
Category: "Fiction - Mystery"
Pages:373
Year of Publication:2009
Date Added:07/02/2010
Date Read:07/01/2010
Notes:Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce lives with her distracted father and two older sisters in the family manor. When a stranger is found dead in the garden and her father is accused, Flavia decides to investigate. She discovers that the dead man was murdered by his partner, a schoolboy friend with whom he stole valuable stamps. The two fell out, and the murderer tried to frame Flavia's father. Flavia solves the crime and recovers the stamps.
My Rating: 6

Reviews for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Review - Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The

Clever, with some great writing, but the story had two issues I couldn't get past. First, no 11-year-old who ever lived could do the things Flavia did. Second, she kept the invaluable stamp wadded up in a tissue in her pocket and never did it any harm. Right.

Reviewed by Roger on 2010-07-02 14:41:40

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