The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Paperback Published on: 03/02/2011
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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Full of Flavia
Flavia de Luce is not some inter-course sorbet intended to cleanse the palate, but a mightily precocious eleven-year-old amateur detective with the skills ... READ MORE
David Learner

Synopsis

Now a major film: Flavia, starring Martin Freeman and Toby Jones!

Pigtails, poisons and murder-most-foul A travelling puppet show arrives in the sleepy village of Bishop's Lacey - and a shocking murder takes place. For eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the crime will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit - particularly when she discovers that the murder echoes a tragedy which occurred many years before...

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

Fans of M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin, Frances Brody and Alexander McCall Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries:
1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard
4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows
5. Speaking From Among the Bones
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
7. As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust
8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

If you're looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries.

* Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order *

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781409117605
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 23 mm
  • Weight: 293g
  • Languages: English

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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
The weed of crimes bears bitter fruit
As is to be hoped for an author’s second novel, The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag is an altogether more confident book than Alan Bradley’s enjoyable-... READ MORE
NJ
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
A real struggle
I do not confine myself to any one genre when reading and generally enjoy any book - including those others have rubbished! However, I really struggled wit... READ MORE
Alisonannk
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
macabre but fab
The story opens with the immortal words 'I was lying dead in the churchyard' (spoken, astonishingly, by Flavia herself which I had to include even though t... READ MORE
brownie1
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
for fans of old fashioned crime writing
Set in rural England in 1950 The weed that strings the hangman's bag by Alan Bradley very deliberately recreates the feel of classic English detective fict... READ MORE
gerf
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
No Fairy Tale!
When I read my mother (who is more of a hardcore mystery fan) the blurb on this book, she said it sounded like a cross between Midsomer Murders and Agatha ... READ MORE
Sunlightbub
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Slow start, but decent novel
"The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag" is the second title in the Flavia de Luce mystery series but can be read as a stand alone novel as very little kn... READ MORE
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