The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Description

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.”

Subjects

Series Statement

• Flavia de Luce #1

Other Editions

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PiePaperbackBantam Books2010-01-01
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieHardcover (Large print)Thorndike Press2009-01-01
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieeBookRandom House Publishing Group2009-01-01
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieHardcoverDoubleday Canada2009-02-10
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PiePaperbackBantam Books2010-01-01