The Grave's a Fine and Private Place : The gripping ninth novel in the cosy Flavia De Luce series

Author: Bradley, Alan

Crime & mystery

Published on 23 August 2018 by Orion Publishing Co (Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Lt) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Flavia de Luce Mystery' series.

Paperback / softback | 384 pages
196 x 139 x 24 | 306g

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