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Violence
Some
Death; investigation; nothing graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
None
Substance Use
None
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; family history and the secrets buried in it; Flavia on the cusp of something she can't take back; the de Luce estate as a repository of the past
What this book is about
The tenth Flavia de Luce novel returns to Buckshaw and a mystery involving the graveyard at the edge of the estate. Bradley's series is in its most personal territory: whatever lies in the church records connects to the de Luce family's past in ways Flavia is only beginning to understand. For fans of the series, this volume pays off threads laid down years earlier.
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