The Young, Chemistry-Loving Detective

  

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag and A Red Herring Without Mustard are three of my favorite books. Alan Bradley wrote these books with much flair and he's planning to add three more to the series.

The main character of this series is Flavia de Luce. She is eleven years old and has her very own chemistry laboratory. She investigates using village chit-chat/ gossip and her knowledge of chemistry.

In the first book, Flavia investigates the death of her father's former school chum. In the second, she solves the mystery of a puppeteer who dies of electrocution and in the third book, she investigates who is behind a gypsy's head injury and finds, on the way, that someone else was murdered.

If you don't like murder, I suggest that you don't read this series. Otherwise, get your copies today! And leave a comment if you want to discuss them.