I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

By Alan Bradley

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***SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MARTIN FREEMAN, JONATHAN PRYCE, AND TOBY JONES***

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Shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, Best Crime Novel

It's Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce--an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry--is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening's shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385668112
• ISBN13: 9780385668118
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Anchor Canada
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.2"