THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE

Novel. Summer, 1950. At the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: a dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. And then murder comes to Buckshaw, and Flavia is delighted to solve the mystery.