The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

Praise for The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

“Part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flavia is a pert and macabre pragmatist.”—The New York Times Book Review

“[Alan] Bradley’s award winning Flavia de Luce series … has enchanted readers with the outrageous sleuthing career of its precocious leading lady… . This latest adventure contains all the winning elements of the previous books.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“Bradley’s latest Flavia de Luce novel reaches a new level of perfection as it shows the emotional turmoil and growth of a girl who has always been older than her years and yet is still a child. The mystery is complex and very personal this time, reaching into the past Flavia never knew about… . These are astounding, magical books not to be missed.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)

“Excellent … Flavia retains her droll wit… . The solution to a murder is typically neat, and the conclusion sets up future books nicely.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“It’s hard to resist either the genre’s pre-eminent preteen sleuth or the hushed revelations about her family.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Flavia … is as fetching as ever; her chatty musings and her combination of childish vulnerability and seemingly boundless self-confidence haven’t changed a bit.”—Booklist

Acclaim for Alan Bradley’s beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award

“If ever there were a sleuth who’s bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it’s Flavia de Luce.”—USA Today

“Irresistibly appealing.”—The New York Times Book Review, on A Red Herring Without Mustard

“Original, charming, devilishly creative.”—Bookreporter, on I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

“Delightful and entertaining.”—San Jose Mercury News, on Speaking from Among the Bones

Alan Bradley was the internationally bestselling author of eleven Flavia de Luce mystery novels and the memoir The Shoebox Bible. His first Flavia novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was nominated for the Anthony Award.

His other Flavia de Luce works include:

• The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag
• A Red Herring Without Mustard
• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
• Speaking from Among the Bones
• The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
• As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
• Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d
• The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
• The Golden Tresses of the Dead
• What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust

He also wrote the ebook short story “The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.” Numb Were the Beadsman’s Fingers, the twelfth novel in the Flavia de Luce series, was published in Fall 2026.

Originally from Toronto, he lived on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea. He died in May 2026.

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