Flavia de Luce strikes again! With every new adventure I marvel again. at Bradley's imagination and insight into the mind and heart of an 11-year-old girl. Flavia is precocious and conniving, a highly intelligent amateur chemist who still believes in Father Christmas and yearns for the love of the mother she lost 10 years before.
In desperate financial straits, Mr. De Luce rents Buckshaw to a film company at Christmas time. Popular star Phyllis Wyvern agrees to perform at Buckshaw to help raise funds for a new church roof, but a snow storm during the performance strands the attendees at the De Luce home. When Phyllis is found strangled with one her own films, Flavia is on the case. She has also embarked on a quest to prove the existence of Father Christmas through the magic of chemistry. As faithful readers will anticipate, chaos ensues with Flavia inevtiably at its center. As always, Bradley has done a perfect job and Flavia is irresistable.
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