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The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1

by (author) Alan Bradley

Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Initial publish date
Oct 2012
Category
General, Women Sleuths, Action & Adventure
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780385678889
    Publish Date
    Oct 2012
    List Price
    $29.95

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Where to buy it

Out of print

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Description

Flavia fans will rejoice: The first three adventures of our completely charming eleven-year-old sleuth, bound together in one volume!

The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1, brings together under one spine the bestselling The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, and A Red Herring Without Mustard. Follow our precocious amateur detective with a passion for poison as she investigates the death of a man in her very own backyard's cucumber patch, goes behind the scenes of a puppet show to find out who wanted the puppet master dead, and as she looks into the crystal ball to find out why corpse after corpse is being found in Bishop's Lacey. Flavia is a completely enchanting character, and Alan Bradley a masterful writer. Join the adventures!

About the author

Contributor Notes

ALAN BRADLEY was born in Toronto and grew up in Cobourg, Ontario. Prior to taking early retirement to write in 1994, he was director of television engineering at the University of Saskatchewan media center for twenty-five years. His versatility has earned him awards for his children's books, radio broadcasts of his short stories, and national print for his journalism. He also coauthored Ms. Holmes of Baker Street, to great acclaim and much controversy, followed by a poignant memoir, The Shoebox Bible. Now the internationally bestselling author of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard, and I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Bradley lives in Malta with his wife and two calculating cats, where he is at work on future Flavia de Luce mysteries.

User Reviews

I've heard so much about this series!!!

My sister read the first, I think, in this series and she highly recommends it! Since I am more of a book lover/reader than she, it must be excellent!