A Red Herring Without Mustard

In the third installment of the Flavia de Luce series, the precocious eleven-year-old chemist returns to the English village of Bishop's Lacey, where her domestic life is upended by a series of violent crimes. After a fortune-teller is found bludgeoned in her caravan, Flavia investigates the murder, suspecting a connection to a local legend about a missing child and a mysterious sect practicing secret rites by the river. Her inquiry is complicated by the discovery of a second body, a notorious local layabout, and the arrival of an elegant artist possessing a portrait that hints at deeper questions regarding Flavia's own identity.

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