Another fun entry in this British mystery series

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

By: Alan Bradley

Rating: 5 of 5

I’ve read a number of the Flavia de Luce Novels and this most recent one is right in keeping with the rest. Lots of sleuthing with chemistry and poison being a big part of the story.

Flavia de Luce is a young girl with a penchant for chemistry. She and her sisters are away from home, taking a break, after the heartbreaking loss of their father. Their dedicated servant, Digger, is along to take care of them and to provide Flavia assistance with her investigation.

Investigation of what? Well, it seems that everywhere Flavia goes, a death is sure to happen. In this case, she not only takes on the current death but starts looking into the deaths of others a few years before.

There are ups and downs, red herrings and more, through the story. While I think the ending could have been tightened to explain the why of the whodunnit a little bit more, I still enjoyed the story and the ending.

I’m looking forward to the next book to see how Flavia deals with the personal issues that are becoming more and more serious.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.