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Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

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24th August 2017

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781409149477

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‘The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite.’ Mail on Sunday

CURIOUSITY WON’T KILL THIS CAT…

Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is back at Buckshaw at last, but her homecoming is overshadowed by news of her father’s illness.

Forbidden from visiting Colonel de Luce in hospital, Flavia busies herself in the village, but she soon makes a macabre discover: the corpse of a reclusive woodcarver hanging upside down on the back of a door, in a house empty but for a curiously uncurious cat.

While the local constabulary are stumped, Flavia is soon piecing together a puzzle that connects a death by murderous gulls on a desolate island, a local woman said to be a witch, and a beloved children’s author who terrified his own son – plus, of course, a certain tortoise-shell cat …

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Reviews

Mail on Sunday
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
Good Book Guide
Engaging, entertaining, bright and breezy; and above all, great fun!
Guardian
Delightfully entertaining
New York Times
Flavia is enchanting
Essentials
A clever, witty and totally gripping read with lots of surprises
Choice
At once precocious and endearing. Flavia is a marvellous character. Quirkily appealing, this is definitely a crime novel with a difference
Crime Squad
It's like entering the lost world of the Mitford sisters where the girls are allowed to run completely wild
Daily Telegraph
Flavia is mercilessly addictive
Deadly Pleasures
Hilarious, eccentric and mischievous
Daily Mail
Certain to become a national treasure
Independent
A breath of fresh air to the world of period-piece sleuthing