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''Cosy mystery fans will love this latest delightful installment!'' NITA PROSE, bestselling author of THE MAID



Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.

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Poisonous mushrooms, pestilent cousins - and a most perplexing murder...

There''s a new arrival at Buckshaw - Flavia de Luce''s obnoxious cousin Undine. Flavia reluctantly takes on the mentorship of her fellow orphan, who in her best moments shows some potential for trespassing and trickery.

When Major Greyleigh, a former hangman, is found dead from a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family''s longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet. After all, didn''t she pick the mushrooms and serve them to Greyleigh moments before his death?

Flavia knows her beloved Mrs. Mullet is innocent. Together with Dogger, estate gard

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/5/2024
      ISBN13: 9781398721371, 978-1398721371
      ISBN10: 1398721379
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Cosy mystery fans will love this latest delightful installment!'' NITA PROSE, bestselling author of THE MAID



      Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.

      ****

      Poisonous mushrooms, pestilent cousins - and a most perplexing murder...

      There''s a new arrival at Buckshaw - Flavia de Luce''s obnoxious cousin Undine. Flavia reluctantly takes on the mentorship of her fellow orphan, who in her best moments shows some potential for trespassing and trickery.

      When Major Greyleigh, a former hangman, is found dead from a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family''s longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet. After all, didn''t she pick the mushrooms and serve them to Greyleigh moments before his death?

      Flavia knows her beloved Mrs. Mullet is innocent. Together with Dogger, estate gard

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