The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

by Alan Bradley
Category: "Fiction - Mystery"
Pages:364
Year of Publication:2010
Date Added:09/05/2012
Date Read:09/04/2012
Notes:Rupert Porson, famous BBC puppeteer, gets stranded in Bishop's Lacey and agrees to put on a show for the town folk. Bad decision. He's electrocuted halfway through. Eleven-year old Flavia de Luce investigates and figures out the murder was committed by a deranged local woman who had an affair with Rupert years before. Rupert had accidentally killed her young son and then made her cover it up so their affair wouldn't be found out.
My Rating: 6

Reviews for The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Review - Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, The

Well-written, but apart from Flavia herself, I couldn't bring myself to care about the mystery or any of the characters.

Reviewed by Roger on 2012-09-05 17:12:08

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