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The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1

The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, and A Red Herring Without Mustard
Historical FictionMystery
Pages
832
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

Join eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a penchant for poisons, as she navigates the eccentricities of her aristocratic family and the mysteries of rural England. When a body turns up in her family's cucumber patch, Flavia finds herself in the thick of a murder investigation. This volume collects the early adventures of a most unusual detective.

How it reads

CozyWhimsical
Family Saga
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Death Of A Parent