THE FIRST NOVEL IN A DEBUT CRIME SERIES INTRODUCES A NEW BREED OF DETECTIVE HEROINE IN A PIGTAILED ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD WITH DISTURBING FASCINATIONS

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MARTIN FREEMAN AND TOBY JONES - READ THE VARIETY ARTICLES HERE AND HERE

OVER SIX MILLION COPIES OF THE FLAVIA DE LUCE SERIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

EIGHTEEN WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST!

“Marvellous…. Fantastic, a winner. Flavia walks right off the page and follows me through my day. I can hardly wait for the next book. Bravo.” – LOUISE PENNY on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“A wickedly clever story, a dead true and original voice, and an English country house in the summer: Alexander McCall Smith meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Please, please, Mr. Bradley, tell me we’ll be seeing Flavia again soon?” – LAURIE R. KING, Edgar Award- and Creasey Award-winning author

"I love the Flavia de Luce novels!  I identify, though I unfortunately didn't have an Uncle Tarquin and was forced to make do with a Christmas chemistry set from the Sears catalog.  Flavia is the best female detective I've ever read, full of realism, self-confidence and emotion (in roughly equal parts), and her tales are hilarious, engaging and occasionally heart-breaking.” — DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Sure in its pace and voice, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie deliciously mixes all the ingredients of great storytelling. The kind of novel you can pass on to any reader knowing their pleasure is assured.” – ANDREW PYPER, author of The Killing Circle

“Utterly charming! Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce proves to be one of the most precocious, resourceful, and … well – just plain dangerous – heroines around. Evil doers – and big sisters – beware!” – LISA GARDNER, New York Times bestselling author

“Happiness, thy name is Flavia. Alan Bradley’s devious and charming chemistry prodigy is a heroine for the ages.” – BILL RICHARDSON, The Globe and Mail