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@2@@20h2> Curiosity won't kill this cat... @21@@3@@2@Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is back at Buckshaw at last, but her homecoming is overshadowed by news of her father's illness.@3@@2@Forbidden from visiting Colonel de Luce in hospital, Flavia busies herself in the village, but she soon makes a macabre discover: the corpse of a reclusive woodcarver hanging upside down on the back of a door, in a house empty but for a curiously uncurious cat.@3@@2@While the local constabulary are stumped, Flavia is soon piecing together a puzzle that connects a death by murderous gulls on a desolate island, a local woman said to be a witch, and a beloved children's author who terrified his own son - plus, of course, a certain tortoise-shell cat...@3@@2@@20@Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries:@21@@16@ 'The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite' @18@Mail on Sunday@19@@3@@2@ 'A cross between Dodie Smith's @18@I Capture The Castle @19@and the Addams family...delightfully entertaining' @18@Guardian@19@@3@@2@ @20@Fans of M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin, Frances Brody and Alexander McCall Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries:@21@@16@ @18@1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie@19@@16@ @18@2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag@19@@16@ @18@3. A Red Herring Without Mustard@19@@16@ @18@4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows@19@@16@ @18@5. Speaking From Among the Bones@19@@16@ @18@6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches@19@@16@ @18@7. As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust@19@@16@ @18@8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd@19@@16@ @18@9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place@19@@3@@2@ @20@If you're looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries.@21@@3@@2@ * Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order *@3@
