Alan Bradley: The dead in their vaulted arches (AudiobookFormat, 2014, Random House Audio)
[sound recording] /
English language
Published 2014 by Random House Audio.
On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother. Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later he is pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Following a trail of clues, she unravels the deepest secrets of the de Luce clan, involving none other than Winston Churchill himself.
while I enjoyed this installment of Flavia de Luce's adventures, I wish there'd been more of her sleuthing and finding out first hand.
Coming to terms with death, a fine YA intrigue.
Jayne Entwhistle is quite possibly my favorite audiobook reader. She is just FANTASTIC. I love these books, but I'm not sure how much of that fondness is due solely to the skill of the reader. Flavia is a firecracker of a protagonist, and I can't get enough of her!
Honestly, parts of the plot in this one left a little to be desired, but I didn't really notice, so I guess I can say it wasn't that distracting.
