This book is a welcome addition to the Flavia de Luce novels. If you have not read any of them before I would suggest starting with the first one, "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie."
Flavia is a expert chemist and detective at the age of 12. At her home in England she was involved in solving a number of mysteries and in general getting into a whole lot of trouble. As a result she is sent to the same boarding school in Canada that her mother attended. She arrives in Canada feeling banished from her family and is homesick. It didn't take long for her to feel right at home as a corpse becomes dislodged from the chimney in her room. Solving the mystery of who the corpse is and how she met her death occupies most of Flavia's time. There is also a mystery about Miss Bodycote's Female Academy, the boarding school she is attending. Are the staff really who they seem to be? Can they be trusted? What about the three girls who have disappeared over the past two years?
This is an entertaining read for those who enjoy mysteries. There are some parts of the story that are unclear if you have not read the previous books so I would recommend reading those first before starting with this one if at all possible. All in all you will be thoroughly entertained by Flavia and her skill as a chemist and detective.
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