Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd : A Flavia de Luce Mystery : Book 8

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd : A Flavia de Luce Mystery : Book 8
ISBN: 9781409149477
Publication Date: 31 October 2017

CURIOUSITY WON'T KILL THIS CAT...Twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is back at Buckshaw at last, but her homecoming is overshadowed by news of her father's illness.Forbidden from visiting Colonel de Luce in hospital, Flavia busies herself in the village, but she soon makes a macabre discover: the corpse of a reclusive woodcarver hanging upside down on the back of a door, in a house empty but for a curiously uncurious cat.While the local constabulary are stumped, Flavia is soon piecing together a puzzle that connects a death by murderous gulls on a desolate island, a local woman said to be a witch, and a beloved children's author who terrified his own son - plus, of course, a certain tortoise-shell cat ...

About the Author

Alan Bradley was born into a family of storytellers who never stopped talking about the old days 'back home' in England - for which he is eternally grateful. He is a former professor at the University of Saskatchewan, where he lectured on screen writing. Alan is the author of a memoir, The Shoebox Bible in addition to the bestselling Flavia de Luce series. He lives with his wife, Shirley, in the Isle of Man.