Flavia de Luce, Bradley’s pint sized sleuth is back and her new case has strings attached. Porson’s Puppets have come to town, their van broke down but the Vicar is always one to take advantage so Rupert Porson and his lovely assistant Nialla are co-erced into putting on a show for the inhabitants of Bishops Lacey and Flavia is drafted by the Vicar to help out.
During the show there’s an electrifying murder witnessed by the entire town, including Inspector Hewitt. Flavia is determined to help the Inspector solve the crime and there are a myriad of suspects and motives along with a shoal of red herrings. Ex assistants, pregnant lovers, a vengeful Vicar’s wife, land girls, and a former POW who is courting Flavia’s sister. Flavia continues to tread the fine line between supersleuth and budding criminal mastermind with ease.
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