This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.”ĭid poisoning lead to the stranger’s demise? There was a piece missing from Mrs. For Flavia, the summer begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw: “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. And in the early morning Flavia finds a red-headed stranger lying in the cucumber patch and watches him take his last breath.
A mysterious late-night visitor argues with her aloof father, Colonel de Luce, behind closed doors. The summer of 1950 has been standard fare for eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce: bicycle trips around the village, keeping an eye on her neighbours, never-ending battles with her older sisters, Ophelia and Daphne, and making poisonous concoctions while plotting revenge in their home’s abandoned Victorian chemistry lab, which Flavia has laid claim to.īut then a series of mysterious events gets Flavia’s attention: A dead bird is found on the doormat, a postage stamp oddly attached to its beak. If You Like Flavia De Luce Books, You’ll Love…įlavia de Luce Synopses: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley is the first novel in the Flavia de Luce series.
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