{"product_id":"the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie","title":"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alan Bradley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by National Geographic Books, 2010-01-19\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;WINNER OF THE AGATHA • ARTHUR ELLIS • DILYS • DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; “Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.”\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;—Chicago Sun-Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. “I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life.”\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; BONUS: This edition contains a \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley's \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag.\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085122191529,"sku":"PHBK-9780385343497","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/14811897-L.jpg?v=1778727172","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}