Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:Fans of Flavia de Luce rejoice�??here�??s a special eBook original short story, in which the eleven-year-old connoisseur of chemistry is immersed in her element: solving a mystery!
 
Murder! the letter says, Come at once. Anson House, Greyminster, Staircase No. 3. How can Flavia de Luce resist such an urgent plea? After all, examining a dead body sounds like a perfectly splendid way to spend a Sunday. So Flavia hops upon her trusted bicycle, Gladys, whose rubber tires hiss happily along the rainy road, and arrives at her father�??s mist-shrouded old school. There, a terrified boy leads her to the loo where, sitting in a bathtub, is what appears to be a statue. But, no: To Flavia�??s surprise, the thing is in fact a naked dead man. Save his face, he seems to have been carved out of copper. Never one to shy away from the macabre, Flavia gets to work�??only to find that when an investigation begins with a metallic cadaver, ever more curious twists are to be expected.
 
Acclaim for Alan Bradley�??s beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers�?? Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
 
�??If ever there were a sleuth who�??s bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it�??s Flavia de Luce.�?��??USA Today
 
�??Part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket�??s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Flavia is a pert and macabre pragmatist.�?��??The New York Times Book Review
 
�??This idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm.�?��??The Wall Street Journal
 
�??Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.�?��??The Boston Globe
 
�??Think preteen Nancy Drew, only savvier.�?��??Entertainment Weekly
 
�??The most intrepid and charming adolescent chemist/detective/busybody in al