01885cam a2200337 4500 241286314 TxAuBib 20150821120000.0 120512t20122011||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385344029 0385344023 TxAuBib Bradley, C. Alan, 1938- I am half-sick of shadows : a Flavia de Luce novel / Alan Bradley. Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition. New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2012. ©2011. 315 p. ; 21 cm. Flavia de Luce novel, A ; 4 Originally published in hardcover, 2011. Includes an excerpt from the forthcoming book: 'Speaking from among the bones'. It's Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce, an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry, is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop's Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening's shocking conclusion: a body found strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight. 20150821. Girls England Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Celebrities Crimes against Fiction. Christmas stories. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. A Flavia de Luce novel ; 4.