Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ISBN: 0752883216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752883212 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Cosy crime historical mysteries featuring Flavia de Luce - the teenage amateur sleuth you`ll never forget. Perfect for fans of Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie`s Miss Marple.
Автор: Bradley Alan Название: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew`d ISBN: 1409149501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409149507 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Cosy crime historical mysteries featuring Flavia de Luce - the teenage amateur sleuth you`ll never forget. Perfect for fans of Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie`s Miss Marple.
Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew`d ISBN: 0425286630 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780425286630 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *; Hailed as ';a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes' by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in a Christmas mystery from award-winning author Alan Bradley.
In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to be sailing home to England. But instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on the docks with unfortunate news: Her father has fallen ill, and a hospital visit will have to wait while he rests. But with Flavia's blasted sisters and insufferable cousin underfoot, Buckshaw now seems both too emptyand not empty enough.
Only too eager to run an errand for the vicar's wife, Flavia hops on her trusty bicycle, Gladys, to deliver a message to a reclusive wood-carver. Finding the front door ajar, Flavia enters and stumbles upon the poor man's body hanging upside down on the back of his bedroom door. The only living creature in the house is a feline that shows little interest in the disturbing scene.
Curiosity may not kill this cat, but Flavia is energized at the prospect of a new investigation. It's amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one's spirits. But what awaits Flavia will shake her to the very core.
Praise for Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
';Mystery fans seeking novels of wit, an immersive English countryside setting, and rich characterizations will be rewarded with this newest entry in the award-winning series.'Library Journal (starred review)
';There is such a thing as willing suspension of disbelief brought on by sheer outlandish charm, and that's what [Alan] Bradley and some delicious writing have tapped.'London Free Press
';Flavia's first-person narration reveals her precocious intellect as well as her youthful vulnerability.'Shelf Awareness
';Flavia is once again a fun, science-loving protagonist.
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This series entry ends on a note that begs for the next story.'Library Reads
';An eleven-year-old prodigy with an astonishing mind for chemistry and a particular interest in poisons.'The Strand Magazine (Five of the Best Historical Heroines)
';Bradley's preteen heroine comes through in the end with a series of deductions so clever she wants to hug herself. So will you.'Kirkus Reviews
Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: A Red Herring Without Mustard ISBN: 1409118169 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409118169 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Cosy crime historical mysteries featuring Flavia de Luce - the teenage amateur sleuth you`ll never forget. Perfect for fans of Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie`s Miss Marple.
Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ISBN: 0553840762 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553840766 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: A delightfully dark English mystery, featuring precocious young sleuth Flavia de Luce and her eccentric family.The summer of 1950 hasn’t offered up anything out of the ordinary for eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce: bicycle explorations around the village, keeping tabs on her neighbours, relentless battles with her older sisters, Ophelia and Daphne, and brewing up poisonous concoctions while plotting revenge in their home’s abandoned Victorian chemistry lab, which Flavia has claimed for her own.But then a series of mysterious events gets Flavia’s attention: A dead bird is found on the doormat, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. A mysterious late-night visitor argues with her aloof father, Colonel de Luce, behind closed doors. And in the early morning Flavia finds a red-headed stranger lying in the cucumber patch and watches him take his dying breath. For Flavia, the summer 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.”Did the stranger die of poisoning? There was a piece missing from Mrs. Mullet’s custard pie, and none of the de Luces would have dared to eat the awful thing. Or could he have been killed by the family’s loyal handyman, Dogger… or by the Colonel himself! At that moment, Flavia commits herself to solving the crime — even if it means keeping information from the village police, in order to protect her family. But then her father confesses to the crime, for the same reason, and it’s up to Flavia to free him of suspicion. Only she has the ingenuity to follow the clues that reveal the victim’s identity, and a conspiracy that reaches back into the de Luces’ murky past.A thoroughly entertaining romp of a novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is inventive and quick-witted, with tongue-in-cheek humour that transcends the macabre seriousness of its subject.
Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: Grave`s a fine and private place ISBN: 1984817329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984817327 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *; ';The world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth' (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author 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 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 murderalthough one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.
Praise for The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
';Flavia [is] irrepressible, precocious and indefatigable. . .
. A whole new chapter of Flavia's life opens as she approaches adolescence. Will she become the Madame Curie of crime?'Bookreporter
';Outstanding .
. . As usual, Bradley makes his improbable series conceit work and relieves the plot's inherent darkness with clever humor.'Publishers Weekly (starred review)
';There's only one Flavia.
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Series fans will anticipate the details of this investigation, along with one last taste of Flavia's unorthodox family life.'Library Journal (starred review)
';Bradley's unquenchable heroine brings ';the most complicated case I had ever come across' to a highly satisfying conclusion, with the promise of still brighter days ahead.'Kirkus Reviews
Автор: Bradley, Alan Название: Weed that Strings the Hangman`s Bag ISBN: 0553840894 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553840896 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
