The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
Ranked #2 in British Mystery, Ranked #6 in Mystery Series — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
Rankings by Category
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #23 in Adult Mystery
- #54 in Barcelona
- #67 in Canadian
- #10 in Chemistry
- #90 in Crime Mystery
- #66 in Murder
- #35 in Murder Mystery
- #20 in Mystery
- #50 in Mystery Crime
- #84 in Mystery Thrillers
- #50 in Whodunnit
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