As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: A Flavia de Luce Novel

Fans of Flavia DeLuce, part precocious child, part world-weary detective, will celebrate the newest entry in Bradley's award-winning series (The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches). Flavia is sent to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada to train for a hereditary role in a secret organization that she is expected to figure out for herself. The rough crossing and unexplained strange surroundings do nothing to dampen her sparkling wit, persistent curiosity, and imaginative investigation of poisons. But then a dead body popping out the chimney in Flavia's room the first night would arouse anyone's curiosity! Readers who enjoy character-driven, "country house" mysteries will appreciate Flavia's keen mind, droll wit, and comic preteen rush into a new situation in which everyone warns her to beware, many seem to have known her mother, and someone is undoubtedly a killer.