Monday, May 9, 2016

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: ALAN BRADLEY

Our book club selection for the month of June is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan C. Bradley.  This is the first book in the Flavia de Luce series in which Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist, sets out to prove her father innocent of murder. 

For more information on Alan Bradley and his work, visit his website at http://alanbradleyauthor.com/

The Flavia de Luce series:
1.  The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2.  The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3.  A Red Herring Without Mustard
4.  I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
5.  Speaking From Among the Bones
6.  The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
7.  The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
8.  As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

Looking for books similar to The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie?  Here are some similar titles:

Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Can't get enough Alan Bradley?  Give one of these authors a try!

M.C. Beaton
Alexander McCall Smith
Rhys Bowen
Simon Brett
Jonathan L. Howard

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