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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

A Flavia de Luce Mystery

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Auteur(s): Alan Bradley
Narrateur(s): Jayne Entwistle
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 In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia’s family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. 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.”

To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story—of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school’s tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder—but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse….

An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions—and a rich literary delight.©2009 Alan Bradley; (P)2009 Random House Audio Historique Roman policier Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Fiction Meurtre Crime

Ce que les critiques en disent

“While Flavia De Luce is winning your heart, she may also be poisoning your tea. She's the most wickedly funny sleuth in years, brilliant, unpredictable, unflappable—and only eleven. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie offers the freshest new voice in mystery yet.”—Charles Todd, author of The Ian Rutledge series

“A wickedly clever story, a dead true and original voice, and an English country house in the summer: Alexander McCall Smith meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Please, please, Mr. Bradley, tell me we'll be seeing Flavia again soon?”—Laurie R. King, author of the Mary Russell series

“Alan Bradley’s marvelous book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, is a fantastic read, a winner. Flavia walks right off the page and follows me through my day. I can hardly wait for the next book. Bravo!”—Louise Penny, author of Still Life

"Alan Bradley brews a bubbly beaker of fun in his devilishly clever, wickedly amusing debut mystery, launching an eleven-year-old heroine with a passion for chemistry–and revenge! What a delightful, original book!"—Carolyn Hart, author of the Death on Demand series

“Utterly charming! Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce proves to be one of the most precocious, resourceful, and well, just plain dangerous, heroines around. Evildoers—and big sisters—beware!”—Lisa Gardner, author of Say Goodbye

"Flavia is an engagingly smart new sleuth with a flair for bringing out the child–and the detective–in all of us."—Christopher Fowler, author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit series

“At once precocious and endearing, Flavia is a marvelous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference.”—Choice Magazine, “Book of the Month”

“Brilliant, irresistible and incorrigible, Flavia has a long future ahead of her…Bradley’s mystery debut is a standout.“—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Fun for the reader . . . Fans of Louise Fitzhugh's iconic Harriet the Spy will welcome 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce, the heroine of . . . Bradley's rollicking debut.”—Publishers Weekly

“A delightful whodunit . . . hilarious, eccentric and mischievous.”—Tangled Web, UK

“Oh how astonishing and pleasing is genuine originality! . . . This is a book which triumphantly succeeds in its objectives of charming and delighting. And on top of that it is genuinely original . . . we may well be talking in a few years about one of the great voices and great series of mystery fiction. I resort to—and it is very, very rarely that I use this—that old cliché, a must-read.”—Reviewing the Evidence
“Delightfully entertaining.”—The Guardian, UK

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Shakespeare and others suttle bits are a great addition assids to the story. The family dynamic is unusual.

the offhand references.

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Wonderful English cosy. Narrated beautifully. Will definitely read book 2 in series. Can’t wait to read what Flavia gets up to.

Enjoyed immensely!

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I found it very enjoyable both the story and performance. I liked the way the story unraveled. And loved that it was told with British flair.

Very enjoyable

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As a fun, British style border mystery, this is a great story! the protagonist is cute and the whole thing is very enjoyable. That said, there is an extended reenactment of a magic trick with "The Mandarin" which is really hard to listen to. 1920s casual racism me damned, it's awkward to hear.

A fun listen, but the yellow face is cringe

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My kids and I loved this book. We listened to it while we did puzzles. My teenagers loved the chemistry references and got excited hearing school subjects told in a fun and engaging way.
The story is fresh and engaging and comes together in a way that makes you root for Flavia.

loved it.

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Love this book and this series. Addictive! love th reading too, she does such a good job with the voices and accents.

one of my favorites

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It took me a while to decide to read the audio, given the previous reviews, but I enjoyed the book version I began reading (but couldn’t fully engage) and was facing a long journey requiring audio to complete.

The characters have enough richness to have a flavour of their personalities. Flavia is endearing, perhaps it is the audio narrator’s etch in her voice, but she rendered the character a bit coy in her cunning mind.

Flavia’s quick wittedness and above average mind throughout the ‘case’ are problematic enough I would choose not to read another case that she would mastermind. Some rich language…just needs a wee bit more plausibility. Perhaps a savant scientist and child duo in the English countryside would have been more feasible)? The savant scientist would have been a child at some point, but wouldn’t have the dynamic energy of this particular character. The ending also dragged a bit to tie up all the loose ends. A bit too complicated (rather than complex) to be intriguing for my liking.

Unbelievable child genius or author’s self-aggrandizing portrayal

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A surprising treasure! I’m a new fan of Flavia de Luce- a modern, very smart girl sleuth in the same genre of Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew!

Not just for pre-teens

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Around half the book, I felt like just letting it go. I thought it was full of useless details and I could not see where it was going. I had already decided I would never read the second book in the series. But the narrator was very good, and at some point I realized the author was Canadian! I could not let the book go once I knew this. The second half of the book was much better (for me). I started getting into it as I tried to remind myself of what it felt like, being an eleven year-old and reading mystery books. Then I started liking Flavia quite a bit. Now I think I just might, some day, read the second book!

First of the series

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Wonderful, tight writing and a delicious reading by Jayne Entwistle. She perfectly embodies the gleeful precociousness of 11-year-old Flavia. Bradley provides wonderful dialogue and observation while keeping the plot taut and moving. An absolute pleasure to listen to. A treasure of a series!

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Superb on every level

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