A Red Herring Without Mustard
The third novel in the gripping Flavia series - now a major Sky Original film!
$25.09
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2012
Summary
‘You frighten me,’ the Gypsy said. ‘Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.’
So begins eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce’s third adventure through the charming but deceptively dark byways of the village of Bishop’s Lacey. What the fortune teller in fact claimed to see was a vision of Flavia’s mother, Harriet, who died on a mountainside in Tibet when Flavia was less than a year old. ‘She’s trying to come home,’ the old woman intones. ‘And she needs your help.’
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409118169 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1409118169 |
| Author: | Alan Bradley |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Flavia de Luce Mystery |
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Flavia is in top sleuthing form when a gypsy fortune-teller who had plied her trade at the village f
Praise for the cosy crime Flavia de Luce Mysteries - perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Midsomer Murders: The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite * Mail on Sunday *Certain to become a national treasure * Daily Mail *Delightfully entertaining * Guardian *Flavia is enchanting * New York Times *A breath of fresh air to the world of period-piece sleuthing * Independent *Flavia is mercilessly addictive * Daily Telegraph *A clever, witty and totally gripping read with lots of surprises * Essentials *At once precocious and endearing. Flavia is a marvellous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference * Choice *It’s like entering the lost world of the Mitford sisters where the girls are allowed to run completely wild * Crime Squad *Hilarious, eccentric and mischievous * Deadly Pleasures *Engaging, entertaining, bright and breezy; and above all, great fun! * Good Book Guide *Engaging, entertaining, bright and breezy, and above all, great fun! * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *Flavia is in top sleuthing form when a gypsy fortune-teller who had plied her trade at the village fête is attacked and left for dead * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
About The Author
Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley is a retired Director of Television Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. He is the author of the memoir, The Shoebox Bible, as well as the acclaimed Flavia de Luce mysteries.
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