The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Children's Book Untangling a decade’s worth of

Untangling a decade’s worth of lies between a terrified father

Madison Clark hasn’t had much trouble in allowing teens to help care for her recovering horses

Or merely a sociopath who murders those who disappoint him

haunted by his time in Afghanistan and the physical toll it’s taken on his body

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Children's Book Untangling a decade’s worth ofIt is the summer of 1950and at the once grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest