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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
A Mystery Novel by Alan Bradley
Book 4 of the Flavia de Luce Series
Subgenres:
- Cozy Mystery,
- Locked-Room Mystery,
- Christmas Mystery
This book is for you if you're into...
- Precocious kid detectives with a flair for chemistry
- English country house mysteries set during a snowed-in holiday
- Film crews bringing secrets and murder to sleepy villages
It's Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce—an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry—is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening's shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley's Speaking from Among the Bones.
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