Not for him solutions that hinged on the potting of prize-winning begonias or the carefully calibrated murder with a platinum stiletto. In a famous essay of 1950 called ‘The Simple Art of Murder’, the novelist satirized the intricate, ingenious and implausible plots of the great English detective writers and scoffed at their emphasis upon the perfect puzzle, rather than the reality of human action.
Raymond Chandler was not a great fan of the ‘cosy’ crime novel. Reviewed by Andy Merrills in Slightly Foxed Issue 55. As the police descend on Buckshaw, Flavia decides to do some investigating of her own. Then a dead bird is left on the doorstep, which has an extraordinary effect on Flavia’s eccentric father, and a body is found in the garden.
Each mystery can be read in series order or as a standalone novel.Īt Buckshaw, the crumbling country seat of the de Luce family, very-nearly-eleven-year-old Flavia is plotting revenge on her older sisters. The first title in Alan Bradley’s series of historical mysteries featuring Flavia de Luce.
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