Bradley, C. Alan, 1938-

The weed that strings the hangman's bag : a Flavia de Luce mystery / Alan Bradley. - New York : Bantam Books, c2010. - 364 p. ; 18 cm.

Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, sets out to solve the murder of a beloved puppeteer. All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can't solve without Flavia's help.

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Detectives--England--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Puppet theater--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.


England--Fiction.

813.6 / BRA 2010