The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel

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On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the trainâ€™s arrival in the English village of Bishopâ€™s Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this man, what did his words mean, and why were they intended for Flavia? Back home at Buckshaw, the de Lucesâ€™ crumbling estate, Flavia puts her sleuthing skills to the test. Following a trail of clues sparked by the discovery of a reel of film stashed away in the attic, she unravels the deepest secrets of the de Luce clan, involving none other than Winston Churchill himself. Surrounded by family, friends, and a famous pathologist from the Home Officeâ€”and making spectacular use of Harrietâ€™s beloved Gipsy Moth plane, Blithe Spiritâ€”Flavia will do anything, even take to the skies, to land a killer.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley's As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust.

Praise for The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
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â€œPart Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicketâ€™s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flavia is a pert and macabre pragmatist.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œ[Alan] Bradleyâ€™s award winning Flavia de Luce series . . . has enchanted readers with the outrageous sleuthing career of its precocious leading lady. . . . This latest adventure contains all the winning elements of the previous books.â€â€”Library Journal (starred review)

â€œBradleyâ€™s latest Flavia de Luce novel reaches a new level of perfection as it shows the emotional turmoil and growth of a girl who has always been older than her years and yet is still a child. The mystery is complex and very personal this time, reaching into the past Flavia never knew about. . . . These are astounding, magical books not to be missed.â€â€”RT Book ReviewsÂ (Top Pick)
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â€œExcellent . . . Flavia retains her droll wit. . . . The solution to a murder is typically neat, and the conclusion sets up future books nicely.â€â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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â€œItâ€™s hard to resist either the genreâ€™s pre-eminent preteen sleuth or the hushed revelations about her family.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
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â€œFlavia . . . is as fetching as ever; her chatty musings and her combination of childish vulnerability and seemingly boundless self-confidence havenâ€™t changed a bit.â€â€”Booklist
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Acclaim for Alan Bradleyâ€™s beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writersâ€™ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
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â€œIf ever there were a sleuth whoâ€™s bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, itâ€™s Flavia de Luce.â€â€”USA Today
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â€œIrresistibly appealing.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review, on A Red Herring Without Mustard
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â€œOriginal, charming, devilishly creative.â€â€”Bookreporter, on I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
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â€œDelightful and entertaining.â€â€”San Jose Mercury News, on Speaking from Among the Bones
Country USA
Manufacturer Delacorte Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-14
Format	Kindle eBook

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel

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