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The grave's a fine and private place / Alan Bradley.
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself as Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia's grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder-although this one may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.-- [Book Jacket].
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- ISBN: 9780385678445
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Subject: | De Luce, Flavia (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Child detectives > England > Fiction. False testimony > Fiction. Serial murder investigation > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Mackenzie Public Library | BRA (Text) | 35192000310775 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF BRA (Text) | 35125000126601 | Canadian | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F BRA (Text) | 35144000183280 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF BRA (Text) | 35198000651209 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | MYS BRA (Text) | 35146002060952 | Mystery | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-30 |
| Creston Public Library | MYS BRA (Text)
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35140100034399 | Mystery | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F BRA (Text) | DCL161778 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC BRA (Text) | 35136000538554 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC BRA (Text) | 35246000942902 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | BRA (Flavia de Luce #9) (Text) | 35196001018824 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself as Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia's grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder-although this one may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.--
