{"product_id":"as-chimney-sweepers-come-to-dust-9780345539946","title":"As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - Flavia de Luce--\"part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's \u003ci\u003eA Series of Unfortunate Events\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)--takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in this captivating mystery. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS: This edition includes \"The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse: A Flavia de Luce Story.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanished \u003c\/i\u003e is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on Flavia's first day in captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and enemies), and assessing the school's stern headmistress and faculty (one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the victim's identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and means. Rumors swirl that Miss Bodycote's is haunted, and that several girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the task--but her true destiny has yet to be revealed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Another treat for readers of all ages . . .  \u003ci\u003eAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust\u003c\/i\u003e] maintains the high standards Bradley set from the start.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Even after all these years, Flavia de Luce is still the world's greatest adolescent British chemist\/busybody\/sleuth.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of many short stories, children's stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shoebox Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. His first Flavia de Luce novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, \u003c\/i\u003ereceived 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Half-Sick of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking from Among the Bones, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the ebook short story \"The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641664672018,"sku":"9780345539946","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ecaaf23-9a6b-45f4-b1ce-bbc4482667fd.jpg?v=1733028833","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/as-chimney-sweepers-come-to-dust-9780345539946","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}