{"product_id":"the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-by-alan-bradley-9780385343497","title":"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE AGATHA • ARTHUR ELLIS • DILYS • DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine.” —Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. \u003cem\u003e“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.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONUS:\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition contains a \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie\u003c\/em\u003e discussion guide and an excerpt from Alan Bradley's \u003cem\u003eThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398061965548,"sku":"9780385343497","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4773223482325.jpg?v=1773739880","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-by-alan-bradley-9780385343497","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}