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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 train''s arrival in the English village of Bishop''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 Luces'' 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 Office--and making spectacular use of Harriet''s beloved Gipsy Moth plane, Blithe Spirit--Flavia will do anything, even take to the skies, to land a killer.

Saammeko esitellä: Harrastelijasalapoliisi. Mestarimyrkyttäjä. Ikää vasta... ette kyllä ikinä usko. Piiraan maku makea aloittaa 1950-luvun Englantiin sijoittuvan dekkarisarjan, jossa rikoksia paikallispoliisin apuna ratkoo 11-vuotias Flavia de Luce.

The Beatles were one of the most important musical phenomena of the twentieth century, and together with their manager, Brian Epstein, it can truly be stated that they changed the world. But there were dark aspects to the Beatles story to go along with the million-sellers, and the record-breaking tours. Lost opportunities, millions of pounds lost or squandered or stolen, and the involvement of some very unpleasant characters. "For No One" is the story of the Beatles rise to super-stardom and their descent into a petty squabbling break-up, and a decline highlighted by tragic death and squalid murder and a host of unanswered questions.

Si profila un triste Natale per l’undicenne Flavia de Luce. Le condizioni economiche negative hanno costretto il padre a dare in affitto parte della dimora di famiglia a un’intera troupe cinematografica per girare un film ambientato in una tipica casa nobiliare di campagna inglese. Il caotico tran tran delle riprese viene però interrotto da una serie di incidenti inattesi. E un raccapricciante assassinio offre a Flavia di esercitare finalmente il candido intuito di detective infallibile e la perizia di scienziata sperimentale. «Una magnifica immersione nell’Inghilterra degli anni Cinquanta al seguito della ragazzina più furba e incorreggibile del mondo» (Kirkus Reviews).

Award-winning author Alan Bradley is a master of the British cozy mystery, and in Flavia de Luce, he has created a wickedly clever and intrepid young sleuth, hailed as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature” (USA Today). Now, in this captivating eBook bundle, readers can follow Flavia as she stirs up trouble to solve the most confounding of crimes. THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE “Delightful . . . [Flavia is] a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.”—The Boston Globe It is the summer of 1950—and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, Flavia de Luce, an eleven-year-old 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. THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN’S BAG “A smart, irreverent, unsappy mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly Flavia de Luce, a genius at investigating murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s pulling the strings of this dance of death, has Flavia gotten in way over her head? A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD “Irresistibly appealing.”—The New York Times Book Review In the hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey, the unflappable Flavia de Luce had asked a Gypsy woman to tell her fortune—never expecting to later stumble across the poor soul, bludgeoned almost to death in her own caravan. Was this an act of retribution by those convinced that the soothsayer abducted a local child years ago? As the red herrings pile up, Flavia must sort through clues fishy and foul to untangle dark deeds and dangerous secrets. I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS “One of the most original, charming, devilishly creative and hilarious detectives of any age or any time.”—Bookreporter It’s Christmastime when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, Flavia de Luce’s beloved home, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop’s Lacey gathers to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening’s shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. Who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.

Inghilterra anni Cinquanta. In un’antica casa di campagna vive la famiglia de Luce: il padre, vedovo, appassionato di filatelia e le tre figlie. La più piccola, undici anni, è Flavia, dotata di un’intelligenza insidiosa, curiosa e intraprendente, precoce scienziata con un debole per i veleni. Capace, se il caso lo richiede, di diventare detective. Le peripezie di Flavia e della sua famiglia costituiscono una delle grandi novità del giallo letterario internazionale, l’esordio un genere inedito che ha sorpreso il pubblico di tutto il mondo.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.” Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they’re found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters’ diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred’s death, the English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint’s tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there’s never such thing as an open-and-shut case. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley’s The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches. Acclaim for Speaking from Among the Bones “[Alan] Bradley scores another success. . . . This series is a grown-up version of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and all those mysteries you fell in love with as a child.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune “The precocious and irrepressible Flavia . . . continues to delight.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Fiendishly brilliant . . . Bradley has created an utterly charming cast of characters . . . as quirky as any British mystery fan could hope for.”—Bookreporter “Delightful and entertaining.”—San Jose Mercury News

Wer Wednesday Addams als Ermittlerin liebt, kommt an Flavia de Luce nicht vorbei. Für die notorisch klamme Familie de Luce tut sich eine unverhoffte Geldquelle auf: Eine Filmcrew will ihr Herrenhaus für Dreharbeiten nutzen. Die Schaulustigen strömen nach Buckshaw, um den Star des Ensembles zu sehen, die berühmte Diva Phillys Wyvern. Doch dann geschieht das Unfassbare: Eine Leiche wird gefunden – erdrosselt mit einem Filmstreifen. Zu allem Überfluss ist Buckshaw durch einen tosenden Schneesturm von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Der findigen Hobbydetektivin Flavia ist klar: Der Täter muss sich unter den Gästen befinden. Unverzüglich beginnt sie mit ihren Ermittlungen und gerät dabei selbst ins Visier des Mörders ... Diese außergewöhnliche All-Age-Krimireihe hat die Herzen von Lesern, Buchhändlern und Kritikern aus aller Welt im Sturm erobert! Die »Flavia de Luce«-Reihe: Band 1: Mord im Gurkenbeet Band 2: Mord ist kein Kinderspiel Band 3: Halunken, Tod und Teufel Band 4: Vorhang auf für eine Leiche Band 5: Schlussakkord für einen Mord Band 6: Tote Vögel singen nicht Band 7: Eine Leiche wirbelt Staub auf Band 8: Mord ist nicht das letzte Wort Band 9: Der Tod sitzt mit im Boot Band 10: Todeskuss mit Zuckerguss Außerdem als E-Book erhältlich: Das Geheimnis des kupferroten Toten (»Flavia de Luce«-Short-Story) Alle Bände sind auch einzeln lesbar.

Møt Flavia de Luce – en krimhelt ulik alle andre: snart 11 år gammel, iskald, lynskarp, uforutsigelig, med en formuleringsevne som Charles Dickens og detektivtalent som Sherlock Holmes. Den internasjonale bestselgeren Det søte i bunnen av kaken er den første boken i serien om den uforlignelige Flavia og hennes utforsking av de blodige hemmelighetene bak det engelske landsbylivet. Alan Bradley har mange år bak seg som journalist i canadisk radio og fjernsyn før han bestemte seg for å bli krimforfatter på heltid.

Alan Bradleys tredje bok i suksess-serien om Flavia de Luce gikk rett inn på New York Times bestselgerliste, og har møtt strålende kritikker internasjonalt. Nå er boka endelig klar for et norsk publikum. Alan Bradley har mange år bak seg som journalist i canadisk radio og fjernsyn før han bestemte seg for å bli krimforfatter på heltid. Resultatet av beslutningen ble de enestående bøkene om Flavia de Luce.

Døden henger i en tråd er oppfølgeren til Alan Bradleys internasjonale bestselger og Dagger-prisvinner Det søte i bunnen i kaken. Og den andre boken i suksessserien om Flavia de Luce – krimhistoriens skarpeste, skumleste og definitivt mest kjemiinteresserte 11-åring. Alan Bradley har mange år bak seg som journalist i canadisk radio og fjernsyn før han bestemte seg for å bli krimforfatter på heltid.

What better Christmas surprise for detective-in-training Flavia de Luce than a dreadful murder under Buckshaw''s roof - and a snowbound house full of suspects! It''s Christmas time, and our beloved Flavia is tucked away in her laboratory whipping up a sticky concoction to trap that infamous sneak, Saint Nick, and thereby prove once and for all - despite the claims of her evil sisters - that he does exist. But she is soon distracted from her task: Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, has rented the family''s crumbling manor house to a film company for the holidays. When its crew arrives from London to shoot a movie starring the reclusive and renowned actress, Phyllis Wyvern, there''s no end to the disruptions - and dramas - demanding Flavia''s attention. When Wyvern is convinced to perform a famous scene to help raise funds for the local church, it is decided that Buckshaw Manor is the only suitable location. Its foyer alone is bigger than the parish hall, and could fit every man, woman, and child in Bishop''s Lacey, to a soul. It''s almost Christmas Eve, but - to no one''s surprise - all of the village inhabitants fight their way through a raging snowstorm to be in the audience that magical night. As the actors take to the stage, however, the blizzard sets in, and it becomes clear that the villagers will have to hunker down at Buckshaw for the night. Sleeping head to toe in the de Luces'' foyer seems amenable to most, until word spreads of the evening''s shocking conclusion - Phyllis Wyvern is found strangled to death in the Blue Bedroom, with a length of film from one of her movies tied in an elaborate bow around her neck. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must use every ounce of her chemical cleverness and crime-solving prowess to ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight. But when she does piece the puzzle together and deduce who has committed this twisted crime, will Flavia be able to escape in one piece?

Flavia de Luce, onze ans, est passionnée par la chimie et plus spécifiquement par la préparation de poisons qu''elle destine à ses pestes de soeurs. Dans ce deuxième tome de la série, la fillette enquête sur le meurtre d''un célèbre marionnettiste tombé en panne dans son village. Ses recherches l''amènent à découvrir la vérité sur la mort d''un enfant décédé il y a quelques années ... [SDM].

Een 11-jarig meisje onderzoekt de moord op een poppenspeler.

In the third installment of this bestselling, award-winning, sister-poisoning, bicycle-riding, murder-investigating, and utterly captivating series, Flavia de Luce must draw upon Gypsy lore and her encyclopaedic knowledge of poisons to prevent a grave miscarriage of justice. "You frighten me," the old Gypsy woman says. "Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness." So begins eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce''s third adventure through the charming but deceptively dark byways of the village of Bishop''s Lacey. The fortune teller also claims to see a woman who is lost and needs help to get home--and Flavia knows it must be her mother Harriet, who died when Flavia was less than a year old. The Gypsy''s vision opens up old wounds for our precocious yet haunted heroine, and sets her mind racing in search of what it could mean. When Flavia later goes to visit the Gypsy at her encampment, she certainly doesn''t expect to find the poor old woman lying near death in her caravan, bludgeoned in the wee hours. Was it an act of retribution by those who thought that the woman had abducted a local child years before? Certainly Flavia understands the bliss of settling scores; revenge is a delightful pastime when one has two odious older sisters. But how can she prove this crime is connected to the missing baby? Did it have something to do with the weird sect who met at the river to practice their secret rites? While still pondering the possibilities, Flavia stumbles upon a corpse--that of a notorious layabout and bully she had only recently caught prowling about Buckshaw. The body hangs from a statue of Poseidon in Flavia''s very own backyard, and our unflappable sleuth knows it''s up to her to figure out the significance. Pedalling her faithful bicycle, Gladys, across the countryside in search of clues to both crimes, Flavia uncovers secrets both long-buried and freshly stowed--the dodgy dealings of a local ironworks, the truth behind the Hobblers'' secret meetings, her own ancestor''s ambitious plans--all the while exhausting the patience of Inspector Hewitt. But it''s not long before the evidence starts falling into place, and Flavia must take drastic action to prevent another violent attack.

Krimi. Camped in her horse-drawn caravan at Buckshaw, a young Gypsy woman is charged with the abduction -and then the murder - of a local child, and Flavia must draw upon her encyclopaedic knowledge of poisons - and Gypsy lore - to prevent a grave miscarriage of justice.

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, must exonerate her father of murder. Armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together and examine new suspects, she begins a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself.

Flavia de Luce ist eine Detektivin, wie sie die Welt noch nicht gesehen hat Nie zuvor hat die junge Flavia de Luce einen so aufregenden Theaterabend erlebt. Der begnadete Puppenspieler Rupert Porson schlägt das Publikum in seinen Bann, und beim furiosen Finale gibt es sogar eine echte Leiche! Die Polizei tappt zunächst im Dunkeln. Nur die Hobbydetektivin Flavia findet heraus, dass jemand die elektrische Anlage der Bühne manipuliert hat. Doch schon bald stellt sich die bange Frage, ob Flavia ganz allein gegen den Strippenzieher in diesem mörderischen Marionettenspiel bestehen kann ... Die »Flavia de Luce«-Reihe: Band 1: Mord im Gurkenbeet Band 2: Mord ist kein Kinderspiel Band 3: Halunken, Tod und Teufel Band 4: Vorhang auf für eine Leiche Band 5: Schlussakkord für einen Mord Band 6: Tote Vögel singen nicht Band 7: Eine Leiche wirbelt Staub auf Band 8: Mord ist nicht das letzte Wort Band 9: Der Tod sitzt mit im Boot Band 10: Todeskuss mit Zuckerguss Außerdem (nur) als E-Book erhältlich: Das Geheimnis des kupferroten Toten (»Flavia de Luce«-Short-Story) Alle Bände sind auch einzeln lesbar.

Chi ama le eroine imberbi dotate di un vocabolario fuori dal comune e di un coraggio portentoso troverà nelle vicende di Flavia e della sua eccentrica famiglia qualcosa di assolutamente e deliziosamente originale...

En plein été caniculaire, le paisible manoir de Buckshaw est agité par de curieux événements : un oiseau mort, timbre collé au bec, est retrouvé devant la porte de la cuisine, un cadavre fait son apparition au beau milieu d''un plant de concombres, et le colonel de Luce, maître des lieux, n''est plus lui-même. Sa fille Flavia décide alors de mener l''enquête et va se retrouver plongée au coeur du passé tourmenté de son père. Véritable chimiste en herbe à l''esprit vif et imprévisible, ses lunettes rondes lui servent autant à attirer la compassion qu''à protéger ses yeux des projections d''acide, et nul ne peut résister à sa fabuleuse repartie... surtout pas ses soeurs.

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce didn’t intend to investigate another murder — but then, Rupert Porson didn’t intend to die. When the master puppeteer’s van breaks down in the village of Bishop’s Lacey, Flavia is front and centre to help Rupert and his charming assistant, Nialla, put together a performance in the local church to help pay the repair bill. But even as the newcomers set up camp and set the stage for Jack and the Beanstalk, there are signs that something just isn’t right: Nialla’s strange bruises and solitary cries in the churchyard, Rupert’s unexplained disappearances and a violent argument with his BBC producer, the disturbing atmosphere at Culverhouse Farm, and the peculiar goings-on in nearby Gibbet Wood — where young Robin Ingleby was found hanging just five years before. It’s enough to set Flavia’s detective instincts tingling and her chemistry lab humming. What are Rupert and Nialla trying to hide? Why are Grace and Gordon Ingleby, Robin’s still-grieving parents, acting so strangely? And what does Mad Meg mean when she says the Devil has come back to Gibbet Wood? Then it’s showtime for Porson’s Puppets at St. Tancred’s — but as Nialla plays Mother Goose, Rupert’s goose gets cooked as the victim of an electrocution that is too perfectly planned to be an accident. Someone had set the stage for murder. Putting down her sister-punishing experiments and picking up her trusty bicycle, Gladys, Flavia uncovers long-buried secrets of Bishop’s Lacey, the seemingly idyllic village that is nevertheless home to a madwoman living in its woods, a prisoner-of-war with a soft spot for the English countryside, and two childless parents with a devastating secret. While the local police do their best to keep up with Flavia in solving Rupert’s murder, his killer may pull Flavia in way over her head, to a startling discovery that reveals the chemical composition of vengeance.

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, must exonerate her father of murder. Armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together and examine new suspects, she begins a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself.

La jove Flavia de Luce queda corglaçada quan a primera hora del matí, entre els cogombres, descobreix un cadàver al seu jardí! Tothom sospita que ha estat el seu pare, el coronel De Luce, qui ha matat l''home, perquè uns dies abans havia tingut una forta discussió amb el finat. Però una sola persona creu fermament en la innocència del coronel: la setciències de la Flavia.La víctima ha mort enverinada i, ben al contrari que la seva filla -una superdotada en l''art de fabricar pocions-, el seu pare mai no ha tingut cap mena d''interès pels verins. Així doncs, la Flavia comença a empaitar tothom amb preguntes, amb aquella suposada innocència que només tenen els nens, i segueix tossudament cada pista que troba fins que... ha de reconèixer que el seu pare amaga un secret molt fosc.Espavilada, irònica i irresistible, Flavia de Luce és una detectiu com poques al món!

WINNER OF THE AGATHA • ARTHUR ELLIS • DILYS • DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS “Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.”—Chicago Sun-Times 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.” BONUS: This edition contains a The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley''s The Weed That Strings the Hangman''s Bag.