The grave's a fine and private place

@00000327@@00000373@NEW YORK TIMES @00000155@BESTSELLER @00000041@bull; @00000041@ldquo;The world@00000065@s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth@00000041@rdquo; (@00000373@The Seattle Times@00000155@), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.@00000133@@00000341@@00000341@In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia@00000065@s grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia@00000065@s mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder--although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.@00000341@@00000341@@00000327@Praise for @00000373@The Grave@00000065@s a Fine and Private Place@00000155@@00000133@@00000341@@00000341@@00000041@ldquo;Flavia [is] irrepressible, precocious and indefatigable. . . . A whole new chapter of Flavia@00000065@s life opens as she approaches adolescence. Will she become the Madame Curie of crime?@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Bookreporter@00000155@@00000133@@00000341@@00000341@@00000041@ldquo;Outstanding . . . As usual, Bradley makes his improbable series conceit work and relieves the plot@00000065@s inherent darkness with clever humor.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Publishers Weekly@00000155@ (starred review)@00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000041@ldquo;There@00000065@s only one Flavia. . . . Series fans will anticipate the details of this investigation, along with one last taste of Flavia@00000065@s unorthodox family life.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Library Journal@00000155@ (starred review)@00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000041@ldquo;Bradley@00000065@s unquenchable heroine brings @00000050@the most complicated case I had ever come across@00000065@ to a highly satisfying conclusion, with the promise of still brighter days ahead.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Kirkus Reviews@00000155@@00000133@
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