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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.”


This book definitely fits the shelf of Quirky. A few of my co-workers recommended this series to me and I am so glad that they did. I can't wait to read/listen to the rest in the series.

Sweet Ms. Flavia.....oh how she reminds me of my 10 year old daughter...her love for science, her drive to know all the answers, to solve problems, oh and her sassiness.

I cannot wait to see what Flavia gets herself into and out of next.

What's your star rating?

I myself could not finish this book. I may yet go back to it one day, but I just couldn't connect with Flavia.

annapi wrote: "What's your star rating?

I myself could not finish this book. I may yet go back to it one day, but I just couldn't connect with Flavia."

I listened to this book on audio. The narrator was wonderful and really pulled me into the story.

So glad you liked it, Joni. It's definitely a favorite of mine, especially on audio.

I think many of us love the audio of this series!

(And with that quote in the review, I was hearing Jayne Entwhistle in my head!)

Joni wrote: "annapi wrote: "What's your star rating?

I myself could not finish this book. I may yet go back to it one day, but I just couldn't connect with Flavia."

I listened to this book on audio. The narra..."

Yes, you'll need to the audios to read them all. They vary in how good they are, but it is very necessary to read/listen to them in order and Jayne Entwistle does a brilliant job. The second book is one of the weaker ones (I read it in print, though), but the third is better, etc. The latest one is one of the better ones (with one or two weaknesses).

I started the series in print, and it took an entire book or two to get used to the narrator's voice (I had a different, but also very good, Flavia voice in my mind). The audiobooks have finally wiped away my original voice as I have listened to at least 3 of them so far now.