It is the summer of 1950, and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events. For Flavia, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw.
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It is the summer of 1950, and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events. For Flavia, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw.
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Add this copy of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: a Flavia De to cart. $54.08, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Turtleback Books.
Add this copy of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: a Flavia De to cart. $87.28, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Turtleback Books.
It was a pleasant read, though I found the plot rather disjointed and Flavia not believable as an 11-year-old, even a very precocious one who'd been left to her own devices for most of her life. It's a good airplane read (which was where I read it).
