The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Alan Bradley is a Canadian author who created Flavia de Luce, a brilliant, eccentric 11-year-old chemistry prodigy who solves murders in 1950s England. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie won multiple awards and launched one of the most original and celebrated detective series in contemporary crime fiction. His protagonist is one of the most memorable in the genre's history.