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Flavia de Luce

Questa serie racconta le avventure di una giovane precoce con una passione per la chimica e un talento nello svelare misteri. Ambientata nella campagna inglese degli anni '50, utilizza il suo acuto intelletto e metodi non convenzionali per risolvere enigmi mortali. Pedalando attraverso la sua dimora ancestrale e il villaggio circostante, scopre segreti a lungo sepolti, dimostrando che l'età non è un ostacolo per un brillante lavoro investigativo.

Sweetness at Bottom of the Pie
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches. Flavia de Luce - Tote Vögel singen nicht, englische Ausgabe
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
Flavia de Luce e il delitto nel campo dei cetrioli
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust. Flavia de Luce - Eine Leiche wirbelt Staub auf, englische Ausgabe

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. 1

    Flavia de Luce fa un’orrida scoperta. Nell’orto dei cetrioli, proprio sotto la finestra della sua camera da letto, in mezzo agli attrezzi disordinati del bravo Dogger, il giardiniere autista tuttofare, inciampa in piena notte in un corpo semisepolto; esalando l’ultimo respiro, l’uomo sussurra una strana parola: «Vale!». Poco prima, dietro la porta di una delle infinite stanze di Buckshaw, il castello di famiglia, aveva sentito parole inquietanti pronunciate in una conversazione del padre con uno sconosciuto: «Twining? Il vecchio Tazza? È morto da trent’anni...». «E lo abbiamo ucciso noi». E ancora prima sulla soglia della cucina, il padre era quasi svenuto di fronte al freddo corpicino di un uccellino con un francobollo infilzato nel becco. Segnali, premonizioni che stuzzicano la curiosità dell’undicenne Flavia, temeraria detective. Lei, come il segreto modello Sherlock Holmes, sa usare la chimica da esperta per i suoi misteri, che la spingono in moto perpetuo per campagne e stradine di Bishop’s Lacey, di cui i de Luce sono i signori decaduti. Sempre in lotta con le dispettose sorelle maggiori, Daffy e Feely, con loro condivide il vetusto maniero, insieme all’altrettanto annosa servitù, tutt’e tre orfane di una dama avventurosa e rimasta presente nel ricordo e non solo. Chi era Twining? E chi è quel tipo con cui papà ha urlato? Che significa quel francobollo infilzato nel becco? E come si lega tutto questo all’infausta tragedia, trent’anni prima, nel college? La «chimica» della serie di Flavia de Luce – di cui questo è il primo romanzo – è fatta di diversi elementi: l’ingegno costruttivo da giallo classico, l’ironia scabrosa e impudente, il realismo macabro, la maliziosa innocenza di ragazzina, la carrellata di caricature da vecchia Inghilterra dickensianamente verosimili e originali. Una miscela che si imprime in chi l’apprezza come quasi un sottogenere giallo a sé stante, di grande successo in tutto il mondo, e combina il sorriso, la risata, un sottofondo di brivido e la sorpresa.

    Flavia de Luce e il delitto nel campo dei cetrioli
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    Krimi. Camped in her horse-drawn caravan at Buckshaw, a young Gypsy woman is charged with the abduction -and then the murder - of a local child, and Flavia must draw upon her encyclopaedic knowledge of poisons - and Gypsy lore - to prevent a grave miscarriage of justice.

    A Red Herring Without Mustard
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    Zbliżają się święta, a wybitna jedenastoletnia detektyw Flawia de Luce spędza jak zwykle czas w laboratorium chemicznym, przygotowując pułapkę na… Świętego Mikołaja. Świąteczną atmosferę w Buckshaw przerywa przyjazd ekipy filmowej. W rezydencji de Luce’ów powstanie film z gwiazdą światowego kina, Phyllis Wyvern, w roli głównej. Tuż przed Wigilią rozpoczyna się śnieżyca, a w Buckshaw zbiera się niemal cała wioska Bishop’s Lacey, by obejrzeć benefis gwiazdy. Wspaniały Szekspirowski wieczór w foyer wiekowej posiadłości kończy się po północy odkryciem trupa. Morderstwa dokonano za pomocą taśmy filmowej… Kto spośród zebranych w Buckshaw przyjezdnych był w stanie dopuścić się tak przerażającego czynu? Na dworze szaleje zamieć, a Flawia musi znaleźć zabójcę, który ukrywa się… na oczach wszystkich. Powieść Alana Bradleya Tych cieni oczy znieść nie mogą jest czwartym tomem przygód Flawii de Luce, które wkrótce zostaną sfilmowana przez Sama Mendesa, reżysera ostatniego filmu z Jamesem Bondem.

    Tych cieni oczy znieść nie mogą
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    "Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company. They will be shooting a movie over the Christmas holidays, filming scenes in the stately manse with a famous and reclusive star. She is widely despised, so it is to no one's surprise when she turns up murdered, strangled by a length of film from her own movies! With the snow raging outside and Buckshaw locked in, the house is full of suspects. But Flavia de Luce is more than ready to solve the wintry country-house murder. She'll have to be quick-witted, though, to negotiate the volatile chemicals of a cast and crew starting to crack--and locked in a house with a murderer!"--Provided by publisher

    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows. Flavia de Luce - Vorhang auf für eine Leiche, englische Ausgabe .
  7. 5

    Sebbene non sia praticante, a Flavia de Luce piace l’atmosfera della parrocchia in questo cinquecentesimo anniversario della morte di San Tancredi. Si sta per aprire il suo sepolcro e il serafico vicario dirige sventatamente i lavori. Sicché appena può, l’undicenne detective lascia il prediletto laboratorio di chimica, smette i litigi con le terribili sorelle Feely e Daffy, e corre a curiosare. Ha in corso un esperimento sul sangue e sta cercando di risolvere il mistero di un pipistrello morto dentro le canne di un organo. Quindi non è del tutto fuori tema la macabra scoperta che capita proprio a lei di fare. Dietro la mastodontica pietra tombale, nell’antro dove dovrebbero trovarsi le sante ossa, spunta il cadavere del signor Collicut, mascherato con un aggeggio di gomma. Era questi l’organista della chiesa, «un angioletto dai riccioli biondi» e dalle abitudini strambe, la cui presunta partenza l’estate prima non aveva stupito nessuno. Prima di chiedersi il perché, da abile investigatrice Flavia si concentra sul come. Un duplice mistero: come è morto Collicut, e dove sono finite le ossa di San Tancredi? Le altre risposte verranno in seguito, grazie alla sua sapienza di chimica, all’audacia avventurosa nei colpi di scena, alla competizione-collaborazione con il severo ispettore Hewitt. La serie di Flavia de Luce amalgama il mistero criminale di una specie di Mrs Marple adolescente (con la capacità nuova di un dominio scientifico della scena del delitto) con la grazia impertinente di una ambientazione nella più classica campagna inglese 1950 (ma ormai al tramonto della sua classicità). Flavia corre da un’avventura a una sorpresa a un pericolo, scioglie enigmi polizieschi, in un’atmosfera tenera ma anche spregiudicata, tra personaggi bizzarri unici eppure tipici. Dove al posto della smorfia criminale c’è il ghigno bislacco. Lei stessa che domina ogni momento è un miscuglio indimenticabile di innocenza e provocazioni continue a tutto ciò che ha intorno.

    A spasso tra le tombe
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    On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train’s arrival in the English village of Bishop’s Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this man, what did his words mean, and why were they intended for Flavia? Back home at Buckshaw, the de Luces’ crumbling estate, Flavia puts her sleuthing skills to the test. Following a trail of clues sparked by the discovery of a reel of film stashed away in the attic, she unravels the deepest secrets of the de Luce clan, involving none other than Winston Churchill himself. Surrounded by family, friends, and a famous pathologist from the Home Office—and making spectacular use of Harriet’s beloved Gipsy Moth plane, Blithe Spirit—Flavia will do anything, even take to the skies, to land a killer.

    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches. Flavia de Luce - Tote Vögel singen nicht, englische Ausgabe
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    "Flavia rules! In this New York Times bestselling series of enchanting mysteries, youthful chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce once again brings her knowledge of poisons and her indefatigable spirit to solve dastardly crimes -- but this time, she leaves behind her beloved English countryside, and takes her sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools!"-- Provided by publisher

    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust. Flavia de Luce - Eine Leiche wirbelt Staub auf, englische Ausgabe
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    Mystery fans seeking novels of wit, an immersive English countryside setting, and rich characterizations will be rewarded with this newest entry in the award-winning series. - Library Journal (starred review) There is such a thing as willing suspension of disbelief brought on by sheer outlandish charm, and that's what [Alan] Bradley and some delicious writing have tapped. - London Free Press Flavia's first-person narration reveals her precocious intellect as well as her youthful vulnerability. - Shelf Awareness Flavia is once again a fun, science-loving protagonist. . . . This series entry ends on a note that begs for the next story. - Library Reads An eleven-year-old prodigy with an astonishing mind for chemistry and a particular interest in poisons. - The Strand Magazine (Five of the Best Historical Heroines) Bradley's preteen heroine comes through in the end with a series of deductions so clever she wants to hug herself. So will you. - Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.

    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
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    Advance praise for The Grave's a Fine and Private Place Outstanding . . . As usual, Bradley makes his improbable series conceit work and relieves the plot's inherent darkness with clever humor.-Publishers Weekly (starred review) There's only one Flavia. . . . Series fans will anticipate the details of this investigation, along with one last taste of Flavia's unorthodox family life.-Library Journal (starred review) Fans of the precocious sleuth who share her unapologetically enthusiastic sense that 'an unexamined corpse was a tale untold' will rub their hands gleefully, confident that her resolution will unleash a dazzling barrage of innocent-seeming questions, recherché chemical and pharmacological tidbits, fibs and whoppers, and the most coyly bratty behavior outside the pages of Kay Thompson's chronicles of Eloise. . . . Bradley's unquenchable heroine brings 'the most complicated case I had ever come across' to a highly satisfying conclusion, with the promise of still brighter days ahead.-Kirkus Reviews Acclaim for Alan Bradley's beloved Flavia de Luce novels, winners of the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Award, and Arthur Ellis Award If ever there were a sleuth who's bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it's Flavia de Luce.-USA Today Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.-The Boston Globe [Flavia] is as addictive as dark chocolate.-Daily Mail Flavia de Luce is still the world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth.-The Seattle Times

    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
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    In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia's grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder--although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.

    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce Mystery)
  13. 10

    Although it is autumn in the small English town of Bishop's Lacey, the chapel is decked with exotic flowers. Yes, Flavia de Luce's sister Ophelia is at last getting hitched, like a mule to a wagon. A church is a wonderful place for a wedding, muses Flavia, surrounded as it is by the legions of the dead, whose listening bones bear silent witness to every promise made at the altar. Flavia is not your normal twelve-year-old girl. An expert in the chemical nature of poisons, she has solved many mysteries, which has sharpened her considerable detection skills to the point where she had little choice but to turn professional. So Flavia and dependable Dogger, estate gardener and sounding board extraordinaire, set up shop at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, eager to serve--not so simple an endeavor with her odious, little moon-faced cousin, Undine, constantly underfoot. But Flavia and Dogger persevere. Little does she know that their first case will be extremely close to home, beginning with an unwelcome discovery in Ophelia's wedding cake: a human finger.

    The Golden Tresses of the Dead