Synopsis: Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a
passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of
crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until
beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate
rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? Does the
madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What about
Porson’s charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious
death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without
Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of
this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her
head? (from the inside of the cover)Review: Once again, I didn't actually read this. I listened to the audio book while traveling. As before, the incomparable Jane Entwistle brings Bradley's story to life. Bradley captures the essence of the change from child to adult. Flavia is beginning to lose some of her childlike shine and to take on some of the worn understanding of adulthood. The mystery is not the center of the book - Flavia is. Her adventures, her thoughts, her life, her family - that is the center of the story. The mystery is merely how we get to know her. My eagerness to watch Flavia grow is nearly overwhelming. I can't recommend this story enough, and in particular, the reading by Jane Entwistle.
Bookmarks: 8 of 10
Awards: None
ISBN: 978-0-385-34231-5
Date Finished: 5-19-2015
Pages: 358
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