The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

Author(s): Alan Bradley

General Fiction

Sunny skies, sleep water...and a sinister corpse


Flavia is enjoying the summer, spending her days punting along the river with her reluctant family. Languishing in boredom, she drags a slack hand in the water, and catches her fingers in the open mouth of a drowned corpse.


Brought to shore, the dead man is found to be dressed in blue silk with ribbons at the knee, and wearing a single red ballet slipper.


Flavia needs to put her super-sleuthing skills to the test to investigate the murder of three gossips in the local church, and to keep her sisters out of danger. But what could possibly connect the son of an executed killer, a far too canny police constable, a travelling circus, and the publican's mysteriously talented wife?


Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries:
'The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite' Mail on Sunday


'A cross between Dodie Smith's I Capture The Castle and the Addams family...delightfully entertaining' Guardian

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Alan Bradley was born into a family of storytellers who never stopped talking about the old days 'back home' in England - for which he is eternally grateful. He is a former professor at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. Alan is the author of a memoir, THE SHOEBOX BIBLE in addition to the bestselling Flavia de Luce series. He lives with his wife, Shirley, in the Isle of Man.To find out more, visit www.flaviadeluce.com.

General Fields

  • : 9781409172888
  • : Orion Publishing Co
  • : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • : 0.516
  • : February 2017
  • : 22.20 cmmm X 13.80 cmmm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : February 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alan Bradley
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 813/.6
  • : 368