A Red Herring Without Mustard

'You frighten me,' the Gypsy said. 'Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.'

So begins eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce's third adventure through the charming but deceptively dark byways of the village of Bishop's Lacey. What the fortune teller in fact claimed to see was a vision of Flavia's mother, Harriet, who died on a mountainside in Tibet when Flavia was less than a year old. 'She's trying to come home,' the old woman intones. 'And she needs your help.'

For Flavia, the old gypsy's words open up old wounds and new possibilities - not all of them nice. Is she a fake, or is there some truth to her powers and the message she brings back from the other side? And when the village is rocked by another ghastly murder, how will a growing fascination with gypsy lore help Flavia to solve it?

“Flavia is in top sleuthing form when a gypsy fortune-teller who had plied her trade at the village f”

Praise for the cosy crime Flavia de Luce Mysteries - perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Midsomer Murders: The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite Mail on Sunday
Certain to become a national treasure Daily Mail
Delightfully entertaining Guardian
Flavia is enchanting New York Times
A breath of fresh air to the world of period-piece sleuthing Independent
Flavia is mercilessly addictive Daily Telegraph
A clever, witty and totally gripping read with lots of surprises Essentials
At once precocious and endearing. Flavia is a marvellous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference Choice
It's like entering the lost world of the Mitford sisters where the girls are allowed to run completely wild Crime Squad
Hilarious, eccentric and mischievous Deadly Pleasures
Engaging, entertaining, bright and breezy; and above all, great fun! Good Book Guide
Engaging, entertaining, bright and breezy, and above all, great fun! GOOD BOOK GUIDE
ête is attacked and left for dead GOOD BOOK GUIDE

Alan Bradley is a retired Director of Television Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. He is the author of the memoir, The Shoebox Bible, as well as the acclaimed Flavia de Luce mysteries.

'You frighten me,' the Gypsy said. 'Never have I seen my crystal ball so filled with darkness.'So begins eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce's third adventure through the charming but deceptively dark byways of the village of Bishop's Lacey. What the fortune teller in fact claimed to see was a vision of Flavia's mother, Harriet, who died on a mountainside in Tibet when Flavia was less than a year old. 'She's trying to come home,' the old woman intones. 'And she needs your help.'For Flavia, the old gypsy's words open up old wounds and new possibilities - not all of them nice. Is she a fake, or is there some truth to her powers and the message she brings back from the other side? And when the village is rocked by another ghastly murder, how will a growing fascination with gypsy lore help Flavia to solve it?

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