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    Speaking from Among the Bones

    Written by Alan Bradley

    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle

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    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as "one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."
     
    Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they're found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters' diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred's death, the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint's tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there's never such thing as an open-and-shut case.

    Acclaim for Speaking from Among the Bones
     
    "[Alan] Bradley scores another success. . . . This series is a grown-up version of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and all those mysteries you fell in love with as a child."-The San Diego Union-Tribune
     
    "The precocious and irrepressible Flavia . . . continues to delight."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    "Fiendishly brilliant . . . Bradley has created an utterly charming cast of characters . . . as quirky as any British mystery fan could hope for."-Bookreporter
     
    "Delightful and entertaining."-San Jose Mercury News
     
    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 Winn Award, and Arthur Ellis Award
     
    "Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate."-USA Today
     
    "Delightful."-The Boston Globe, on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
     
    "Utterly beguiling."-People (four stars), on The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
     
    "Irresistibly appealing."-The New York Times Book Review, on A Red Herring Without Mustard


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 29, 2013
    ISBN9780307879509
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    • 4/5
      Speaking from Among the Bones is Alan Bradley’s latest entry in the superb Flavia deLuce series and is just as entertaining as his previous books. This time, Flavia discovers the corpse of St. Tancred’s church organist, Mr. Collicut, in the most unlikely of places – the tomb of St. Tancred himself. Flavia goes on to experience all sorts of the amusing and clever adventures we have come to expect from the author, all rendered with Bradley’s wonderful combination of wit and gravity. By the end of the story, the murderer is unmasked, a de Luce sister is engaged to be married, and Buckshaw may indeed be lost to the family. The current state of the family finances pales, however, in comparison to the bombshell dropped by Mr. de Luce on the very last page. Speaking from Among the Bones features a Flavia who is starting to grow up. Her relationships with her sisters, her father, Dogger, and the police inspector assigned to Bishop’s Lacey all have evolved from the first entry in the series, where her behavior was often that of a spoiled, willful child. Bradley reveals a little bit more of each family member in each book, which is what keeps me coming back for more. Flavia grows on you as the series grows; in fact, I found myself thinking of her as a young Harriet Vane by the end of this one. As for the bombshell at the end, I won’t spoil it, but I will say….I KNEW IT! Highly recommended for those who enjoy witty, English mysteries, but I do recommend reading the series in order.

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    • 5/5
      Absolute perfection. I cannot wait for Flavia's next adventure.
    • 3/5
      Digital audiobook performed by Jayne Entwistle Book five in the series starring eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, amateur chemist and amateur sleuth. This time the action focuses on the town’s celebration in honor of the 500th anniversary of patron saint. Flavia’s as curious as the next person, and she can’t wait to witness the opening of St. Tancred’s tomb. But she’s certainly not prepared to see the rather fresh body of Mr. Colllicutt, the church organist. Of course, she HAS to figure out what happened. Meanwhile the family drama continues with reduced circumstances threatening their beloved Buckshaw. I love this series, mostly because I love Flavia. She’s an intrepid explorer, pedaling about Bishop’s Lacey on her trusty bicycle, Gladys, and doing experiments in her laboratory. She is smart, independent, curious and determined. I love her relationship with Dogger and with her father. And I love how Bradley inserts all sorts of information about chemistry and science into the plots. I am, however, getting tired of her sisters and how horribly they treat Flavia. Talk about bullying! Jayne Entwistle does a marvelous job performing the audio books in this series. Her Flavia is delightful, and she does a good job bringing all the characters to life.
    • 5/5
      Loved this one as much as I did the previous four. Flavia's up to it again and she's a force to be reckoned with in this novel. Can't wait to read the next.
    • 4/5
      The Precocious Flavia de Luce is back at it again. This time the organist of Saint Tancred's has gone missing. Her sister Ophelia has been named his replacement. Flavia's hunch about where the bat they'd seen might be hiding results in her finding the organist's corpse. The church plans to exhume Saint Tancred for an anniversary celebration but plans are thwarted by the bishop. Flavia finds a couple of other people also trying to play detective on this latest case. A lot is going on in this installment, and I don't want to give it all away. I will say, "What a cliffhanger!" I listened to the Overdrive audiobook for this, and I wish I'd downloaded the next installment before I left on my trip. I'm sure I'll be getting to it soon though.
    • 5/5
      it is the best all the way to the end.
    • 4/5
      What a cliffhanger! I almost wish I hadn't read this book until the next volume was available.
    • 5/5
      Another great Flavia De Luce mystery. I am in awe of the effortless prose (I'm referring to the effect of course; I'm sure it was not so effortless to create).
    • 4/5
      This ended on such a cliff-hanger that I rushed right into the next. As ever, well-executed but incoherent. As the serious continues, the books are less improbable British cozies and more improbably secret societies, as in "The Series of Unfortunate Events". What secret society does the improbable Adam work for?
    • 4/5
      She's baaaack! I really enjoy this series and I'm so happy that Alan Bradley has managed to keep us entertained and interested with each new installment. Our 'old beyond her years' Flavia has again stumbled across a body and managed to pester and annoy a lot of people in her pursuit of the truth. I don't know why I enjoy her so much but I just do! This book advances the story a long and sets us up perfectly for the next one. I can't wait!
    • 4/5
      In her 11th year of life, the Flavia de Luce has encountered more dead bodies than John McClane has racked up in a Die Hard movie. In this novel, Flavia has joined a small group to witness the opening of the crypt housing the remains Saint Tancred, patron saint for the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey, on the 500th anniversary of his death. What else would the precocious amateur detective and chemist do for recreation? When the tomb is opened, the crowd discovers the body of the recently absent church organist, Mr. Collicutt, wearing a gas mask. Again, Flavia decides that it is up to her to discover who would want to kill the musician.If you have never read a Flavia de Luce mystery, I would recommend that you do so. Although the protagonist is a 11-year-old and suitable for a young reader, this book is found in the adult mystery section of your local bookstore. Once you read one, you will be hooked into the entire series.
    • 4/5
      Flavia de Luce is at it again. Somehow, the precocious 11 year-old has found herself in the middle of another mystery. Turmoil, however, is brewing at home. Will she be able to solve the mystery and save her beloved Buckshaw?I love Flavia. She may be young, but she is wise for her years (and she has a laboratory!) Flavia finds herself at the church when they are set to open the tomb of the patron saint, St. Tancard. But for some reason the stone will not move. Looking in Flavia, being the smallest to fit in the crack, sees the body of Mr. Cullicot, the church organist.An investigation ensues. Flavia manages to learn more than the police and get herself in as much trouble as she can with the help of Adam Sowerby, a man who had come to see what he could find in the tomb of St. Tancard in the way of seeds and plants which might have made there way in there from when he was buried.Out of all the Flavia de Luce novels, this one might just be my favorite. For some reason Flavia comes into her own and you really get to see her interact with her sisters more. I will say, however, I wish Alan Bradley had not given such a cliff-hanger for an ending. I almost threw my book across the room.
    • 5/5
      Once again, there is trouble in Bishop's Lacey, and Flavia is in the midst of it. She's now almost twelve-years-old and exhibits a certain amount of newly-gained maturity in this book. There's also a refinement and improvement in her relationship with her sisters, which I found refreshing. This time out, the St. Trancred's church organist, Mr. Collicutt, is found dead in the crypt containing St. Tancred's body. Flavia finds him while an exhumation of the saint himself is underway. Determining who did him in forms the basis for the rest of the story along with the ever-worsening financial straights in which her family finds itself. And, the book's final sentence provides a stunning revelation that will certainly be addressed in the next installment, or so hopes this reader. Please write quickly, Alan Bradley! (And please live a very long and productive life so that Flavia will go on for many more years.)
    • 4/5
      She’s at it again! Flavia de Luce - that wonderful, feisty twelve year old detective is getting into trouble and hovering between childhood and adulthood. Part five of a series, "Speaking From Among the Bones", continues to be a learning experience in poisons and chemistry, a rollicking good mystery, and the development of its humorous, quick thinking main character. Fast moving and an easy read, this book could be read as a stand-alone and still be lots of fun.Recommended YA or adult.
    • 3/5
      I think this one was a bit too long for my taste, or else the whole Flavia thing is wearing thin. Still the same writing and characters, but I was hoping for it to be over. Somehow I found her to be a bit pretentious in this book. Some interesting developments pop up right at the end, though, and I'm stuck reading the next one just to see how it all works out....
    • 4/5
      What a great book, characters that ring true, and a heroine beyond compare. I love little 11 year old Flavia
      sacked from the girl guides for having an excess of high spirits
      Observed twice by the vicar's wife rising from the grave

      LOL moments only later to learn that the wife had lost a child the same age as Flavia, so not quite as funny as the scene originally played out.

      If you haven't read about Flavia's adventures you really should give this YA heroine a try no matter what age you are.
    • 4/5
      I have completely enjoyed all of these books so far, because I love the precocious and intriguing Flavia deLuce. All of the others I have listened to in audiobook format, so this one fell a little flat for me at some points--but mainly, I think, because I was reading the ebook. The audio wasn't available at my library and so I had to console myself with the printed word; however, having become accustomed to Jayne Entwistle's incarnation of Flavia, I found I missed it.

      The mystery, however, is as interesting as ever.
    • 3/5
      It's been awhile since I have read a Flavia deLuce novel. I decided to listen to this as an audiobook this time, but I just couldn't seem to get into it. In fact, in places, it felt a little ridiculous. I like the characters and Flavia is usually a joy, but some of this just didn't ring true. I think that I get more out of these books when I read them rather than listen to them. The premise behind this book is the interring the grave of a 500 year old Saint, and a much more recent body that is found while the digging is going on. That brings Flavia on the case, and, as usual, she makes the police appear inept. Her knowledge of chemicals and chemical experiments comes to her aid again. Overshadowing all this is the threat of the sale of her long-time ancestral home Buckshaw which is weighing on her family. I think I'll read another book in the series because I do love Flavia and her sidekick Dogger.
    • 4/5
      The fifth entry in the Flavia de Luce series is a delight. Here 11-year-old Flavia is more believable than in the first book, but she has lost none of her interest in chemistry and poisons. She still narrates her adventures in weirdly arcane but entertaining language.The quiet by murder-riddled village of Bishop's Lacey is once again the scene of a grisly and odd murder. Young Flavia, whose main motivator seems to be an enormous bump of curiousity, is immediately attracted to the case and determined to at least help to solve the crime. She ferrets out clues and doggedly pursues her detective work while putting herself in very grave danger. The solution to the crime inovlves a rather confusing set of circumstances, but this is a satisfying and fun tale for any lover of classic mysteries.
    • 4/5
      In this installment, the financial troubles of Flavia's father continue. Things have come to such bitter straights that the residents of Buckshaw estate awake to find their ancestral home is now for sale. In the midst of this dire news, Flavia is once again the discoverer of mysterious corpse. This time it is the body of the local church organist - smothered upon the very tomb of St. Tancred. Having gone missing for several days, his body is only discovered when the tomb is opened for a celebratory exhumation of the patron saint for his 500th anniversary. Who murdered the harmless organist? Who hid his body in the tomb? Could the motive have something to do with a legendary diamond that was supposedly buried with the saint? It's doubtless up to Flavia to discover the truth!
    • 5/5
      If you are a fan of precocious 11-year-old girls then you are in for a treat. This series stars Flavia de Luce and she is, as she might put it, a hoot! It takes place in England during the 1950s and I was in love with this series from the start. If you loved Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, The Bobbsey Twins...the list goes on and on, then I think you will thoroughly enjoy this series. I listen to it because I love the attitude she has (thus precocious) and go mushy for any kind of accent. :)
    • 2/5
      The church's organist has done a bunk, and Flavia's eldest sister "Feely" (Ophelia) has taken his place.... Something is wrong with the pipe organ and when Feely & Flavia go up to invetigate they find a bat....Meanwhile the remains of the local saint are about to be disinterred and in doing so the body of the organist is found above the crypt....It is really important that I like the characters and I find that more & more I detest Flavia's sisters, especially the eldest.... their cruelty could be well done away with.
    • 4/5
      Wow! This is definitely my favorite in the series so far! Flavia is witty, precocious, and vulnerable. And.......a huge cliffhanger ending!
    • 4/5
      Can I say I just love the Flavia novels. This one was really just terrific! Flavia gets in a little over her head in this mystery, while having to deal with more family drama than usual. I thought all the threads of the story were woven quite well and left us with quite the cliffhanger. Can't wait for the next one!
    • 5/5
      The Newest in the Flavia de Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley. Have read them all and loved every one of them.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent addition to the Flavia de Luce series. Flavia finds a body of the church's missing organist in the church and then must discover who killed him. The audio is particularly good.
    • 5/5
      Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley is the fifth of the Flavia de Luce books. It's nearly Easter and Flavia is beset by unsettling news: the family home is up for sale and one of her sisters is engaged to be married! To divert her from such problems, is the discovery of a body in the vicarage.The man's death is tied up in the history of Bishop's Lacey, the legend of local saint, and the pipe organ which has gone wonky in recent weeks. Along the way, Flavia learns more about her own family's ties to Bishop's Lacey as well as some more of her mother's life.Stylistically, book five has returned to the format and pacing of the first book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. The current day mystery is tied up neatly with Flavia's family history as well as the history of the local surrounds.As most of the previous reviews have mentioned, there is a doozy of a cliff hanger, but it's really to be expected. Flavia is who she is because of her mother's disappearance. While not much is answered on that account in book five, it's apparent that her mystery will be a big part of book six, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches.
    • 4/5
      Oh, I love Flavia! I hadn't heard of her at all until this book popped up a few times in various threads on LT. I couldn't get hold of the first in the series, so I've started here, and now I'll have to go and read the rest. Really, I love her on behalf of my precocious childhood self, who would have adored Flavia, and had much the same attitude towards adults and the rest of the world that she does. I was however, no chemistry genius. And it does feel a little, that after a run of young Flavia books we may end up with either 'Flavia as an adult embittered with the system takes justice into her own hands with a series of vigilante poison-based murders, and is never caught because she's so good', or 'Flavia loses her grip on sanity and starts poisoning everyone'. (I'd still read those books too)
    • 4/5
      I found the mystery here harder to follow but the twist at the end more than made up for it! Can't wait to read the new book, coming out tomorrow!
    • 2/5
      Not getting the hype on this one... Perhaps too British for me but found the characters and the writing overly dull. I will take Agatha Christie anyday over this!