The Grave's A Fine & Private Place: A Flavia De Luce Mystery
SYNOPSIS
Flavia is enjoying the summer, spending her days punting along the river with her reluctant family.
Languishing in boredom, she drags a slack hand in the water, and catches her fingers in the open mouth of a drowned corpse. Brought to shore, the dead man is found to be dressed in blue silk with ribbons at the knee, and wearing a single red ballet slipper. Flavia needs to put her super-sleuthing skills to the test to investigate the murder of three gossips in the local church, and to keep her sisters out of danger.
But what could possibly connect the son of an executed killer, a far too canny police constable, a travelling circus, and the publican's mysteriously talented wife?
Author: Alan Bradley
Page Count: 363 pages
Genre: Mystery // Fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Publisher: Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Buy It: Chapters Indigo // Book Depository
MILANA'S REVIEW
Have you read the Flavia de Luce series? If you haven't you're totally missing out I'm sorry to say. :) If you like a good mystery you have to pick up the Flavia series. They're refreshing and quirky and the historical fiction is on point. This is the 9th book in the series and they're all so good!
With this book you see a shift in Flavia. She's growing older and her childhood innocence is fading. It's bittersweet in a way. I'm excited to see where Flavia goes next but I'm sad to see the young Flavia come to an end. When you read the books in order you'll see her growth. It's such a great experience.
The chemistry in this book, and I mean actual chemistry as in test tubes and experiments, is awesome! Bradley really does his research into how progressive chemistry was in the 1950s and I love the references to the historical side of the subject. Oh, and I should also mention that Flavia as a knack for finding dead bodies which sets her on her next investigative streak.
If you're interested make sure to start with The Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie, the first book. It's such a fun ride and a wonderful series. Whenever I read the next book in the series it feels like I'm re-connecting with an old friend. You'll love Flavia!
**Thank you Penguin Canada for sending me a copy of the latest Flavia adventure!**