Alan Bradley is the New York Times bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible. His first Flavia de Luce novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received 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 The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard, I 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, and The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, as well as the ebook short story “The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.”
Praise for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
“Flavia de Luce [is] perhaps contemporary crime fiction’s most
original character—to say she is Pippi Longstocking with a Ph.D. in
chemistry (speciality: poisons) barely begins to describe
her.”—Maclean’s
“Another treat for readers of all ages . . . [As Chimney Sweepers
Come to Dust] maintains the high standards [Alan] Bradley set from
the start.”—Booklist
“Exceptional . . . [The] intriguing setup only gets better, and
Bradley makes Miss Bodycote’s a suitably Gothic setting for
Flavia’s sleuthing. Through it all, her morbid narrative voice
continues to charm.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Even after all these years, Flavia de Luce is still the world’s
greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth.”—The Seattle
Times
“Plot twists come faster than Canadian snowfall. . . . Bradley’s
sense of observation is as keen as gung-ho scientist Flavia’s. . .
. The results so far are seven sparkling Flavia de Luce
mysteries.”—Library Journal
“A rattling good ‘girls’ own adventure’ yarn with an extensive cast
of characters and suspects . . . When all is revealed, the links,
misunderstandings and secrecy have a satisfying click.”—Winnipeg
Free Press
“A delightful installment in the series!”—LibraryReads
Acclaim for Alan Bradley’s beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners
of the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award,
Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis
Award
“If ever there were a sleuth who’s bold, brilliant, and, yes,
adorable, it’s Flavia de Luce.”—USA Today
“Part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flavia is a pert and macabre
pragmatist.”—The New York Times Book Review
“This idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm.”—The Wall
Street Journal
“Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.”—The
Boston Globe
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