The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
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Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce is an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. In the summer of 1950, a series of inexplicable events strikes Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that her family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp pinned to its beak. Later, Flavia finds a man dying in the cucumber patch. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. (Bestseller)
Subjects
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022 -- Fiction.
Motherless families -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
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Citations
Bradley, A. (2009). The sweetness at the bottom of the pie. Large print edition. Waterville, Me., Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bradley, Alan, 1938-. 2009. The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie. Waterville, Me., Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bradley, Alan, 1938-, The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie. Waterville, Me., Thorndike Press, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie. Large print edition. Waterville, Me., Thorndike Press, 2009.
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