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strictly literary: the grave's a fine and private place by alan bradley

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our intrepid crime-solver and connoisseur of poisons par excellence is back and ready for trouble. grieving the loss of her father, the grave's a fine and private place, kicks of with flavia on her deathbed. or really on a boating trip with dogger and her sisters.

unlike previous installments of the series, this time when they happen upon a dead body everyone is on hand to solve the crime. the deepened relationship between the sisters, and the increaased maturity of flavia's outlook allows the series to grow in an organic way, while maintaining those traits that make her so quintessentially flavia. the wit the humor and the precociousness of our young detective is as enjoyable as always.

this is a series that can go on as long as bradley wishes to write them, because every chance i have to spend some quality time with flavia and the de luce family, i'm pretty happy.

**the grave's a fine and private place will publish on january 30, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/random house publishing group - ballantine (delacorte press) in exchange for my honest review. 
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  1. Justin HolleyJanuary 31, 2018 at 10:12 AM

    Just went and bought The Sweetness At The Bottom of the Pie. Love the prose! Can't wait to read my way to this one...

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