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The Golden Tresses of the Dead

By: Alan Bradley
Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
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About this listen

Flavia de Luce, the 12-year-old chemist and amateur detective, is eager to turn professional. She and her father's valet, Dogger, have founded a detective agency, Arthur Dogger & Associates, and unexpectedly cut into their first case during the revelry at her sister Ophelia's wedding reception.

After an eventful ceremony with a missing best man and spontaneous ventriloquist act, spirits are high as Feely and her new husband head for the towering and beautifully iced wedding cake. But as Feely slices into the first piece, a scream rings out - the bridal cake contains a severed human finger.

Delighted, Flavia wraps the finger in a napkin and whisks it away to her chemical laboratory. By studying the embalmed skin, the indentation of a ring, and the slope of the fingernail, she'll not only be able to determine the identity of the victim but also point a finger at a killer.

©2019 Alan Bradley (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Mystery

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well read and very much look forward to the next Flavia de luce book. Great

Great enjoyed it as have enjoyed all Flavia books

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Once again Sophie Aldred is a master of characterisation and you are drawn into the assorted players of another great story. I admit I found this particular story a little less satisfying than the others and more convoluted in its reasonings, but nonetheless am still looking forward to the next one!

Fascinating

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