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The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag<\/a><\/em> (2010) Alan Bradley <\/p>\n

\"The-Weed-that-Strings-the-Hangmans-bag\"<\/a>This is the second Flavia de Luce book. <\/p>\n

Flavia is eleven and fascinated by chemistry and poisons. And murder, although that was a recent discovery.<\/p>\n

She has two older sisters who dislike and torment her, and a father who is wrapped up in his stamps, and so Flavia runs wild, wandering the village on Gladys, her bicycle, and doing chemical experiments that would horrify any modern parent.<\/p>\n

…(my old friend chloral hydrate, I noted: C2H3Cl32O2–a powerful hypnotic that when slipped into alcohol to American thugs was called a “Mickey Finn.” In England, it was slipped to high-strung housewives by country doctors and called “something to help you sleep.”).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Flavia is both old and young for her age, which leads to many (from an adult’s perspective) hilarious events and insights.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be ready in a jiff,” I said, walking towards the W.C. No one, anywhere, at any time in history, has ever stopped a female en route to the Baffins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When one lives in a village, the more things are hushed up, the more one hears.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is so very like Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, which, I hadn’t previously realized, many of whose books were set and written during the same time frame as this series.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that’s why I enjoy this series so much, because it’s a familiar time, from all my immersion in St Mary Mead.<\/p>\n

This is another lovely story, and I’m looking forward to the next.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Dell
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