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REVIEWS: The Grave's a Fine and Private
Place
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Kirkus
GoodReads
Of Books and Boys
Book Companion
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 had 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 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 one that may lead the young sleuth to an early
grave.
Characters: 55.
Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Mystery.
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