The Golden Tresses of the Dead

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Call Number: Mystery / Bradley, C. Alan, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Historical / Bradley, C. Alan
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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"Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. "A church is a wonderful place for a wedding," muses Flavia, "surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar." Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the chemical nature of poisons, she has solved many mysteries, which has sharpened her considerable detection skills to the point where she had little choice but to turn professional. So Flavia and dependable Dogger, estate gardener and sounding board extraordinaire, set up shop at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, eager to serve--not so simple an endeavor with her odious, little moon-faced cousin, Undine, constantly underfoot. But Flavia and Dogger persevere. Little does she know that their first case will be extremely close to home, beginning with an unwelcome discovery in Ophelia's wedding cake: a human finger"-- Provided by publisher.

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10th Flavia de Luce Mystery submitted by sdunav on July 15, 2019, 11:00pm This isn't bad - none of the Flavia de Luce mysteries are - but it isn't the strongest mystery in the series, either. A couple very disparate crimes (a severed finger found in Ophelia's wedding cake and a poisoned neighbor) are investigated by Dogger and Flavia, with Undine as a strange sidekick. The plot was interesting but not as emotionally compelling as some of the previous books, but it's still enjoyable.

A gradually more empathetic Flavia submitted by terpsichore17 on July 16, 2019, 1:55pm That went some interesting places. This new association/agency seems a much more suitable trajectory than the Nide thing did. Undine shows more promise, and Flavia continues to grow more empathetic (while wondering why she does so), which I find satisfying.

I rather wonder why the particular villains of this piece felt the need to bump off that lady who got bumped off near the outset. Must have missed a spot about that.