The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyIt is 1950s Britain and 11-year old Flavia de Luce is an aspiring chemist who lives at decaying Buckshaw, an English mansion, with her father and two sisters whom she reviles. When she witnesses a dead jack snipe with its beak through a stamp on her doorstep and then a man in her cucumber patch who whispers "Vale" as he takes his dying breath, a precocious Flavia embarks on a mission with her trusted bicycle Gladys to uncover exactly what has happened and how her father may be involved.
Enjoyed this book primarily because of its quick-witted, intelligent protagonist.
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