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Violence
Some
A murder victim found strung up; the novel deals with Flavia's changed sense of self and purpose
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific disorientation of returning home to find it different; Flavia's growing understanding of who she is and what she has been trained to become
What this book is about
Flavia de Luce returns from her Canadian school to find Buckshaw — and her family — fundamentally altered. Before she can settle in, she is sent to deliver a message to a local wood-carver and discovers him dead, arms pinioned behind his back, suspended from a rafter. The eighth Flavia de Luce mystery deals with the aftermath of the series' central revelations and with Flavia's attempts to understand what she has become: a girl trained in skills she is only beginning to name. The Christmas setting and the carved figures in the wood-carver's home give the novel an unusually atmospheric quality.
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eighth of the Flavia de Luce series
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