{"product_id":"the-golden-tresses-of-the-dead-the-golden-tresses-of-the-dead-a-flavia-de-luce-novel-paperback","title":"The Golden Tresses of the Dead: The Golden Tresses of the Dead: A Flavia de Luce Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery featuring Flavia de Luce, \"the world's greatest adolescent British chemist\/busybody\/sleuth\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, sharpening 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Golden Tresses of the Dead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Delightful . . . The mysteries in Mr. Bradley's books are engaging, but the real lure is Ms. de Luce, the irreverent youngster.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A ghoulish question is at the heart of Bradley's excellent tenth Flavia de Luce novel. . . . Bradley, who has few peers at combining fair-play clueing with humor and has fun mocking genre conventions, shows no sign of running out of ideas.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of many short stories, children's stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shoebox Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. His first Flavia de Luce novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, \u003c\/i\u003ereceived the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was nominated for the Anthony Award. His other Flavia de Luce novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Speaking from Among the Bones, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the ebook short story \"The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755586257184,"sku":"9780345540034","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ce4091857d115092c6b169f3fdf776a.webp?v=1780062962","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-golden-tresses-of-the-dead-the-golden-tresses-of-the-dead-a-flavia-de-luce-novel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}