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    Alan Bradley

    Alan Bradley was the internationally bestselling author of eleven Flavia de Luce mystery novels and the memoir The Shoebox Bible. His first Flavia novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award, and was nominated for the Anthony Award. His other Flavia de Luce works include The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, A Red Herring Without Mustard, I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Speaking from Among the Bones, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, The Golden Tresses of the Dead, and What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust, as well as the ebook short story “The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.” Numb Were the Beadsman’s Fingers, the twelfth novel in the Flavia de Luce series, will be published in Fall 2026. Originally from Toronto, he lived on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea. He died in May 2026.
    Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers
    Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780593724545
    $30.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 03, 2026
    Bantam
    What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
    What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780593724538
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 12, 2025
    Bantam
    The Golden Tresses of the Dead
    The Golden Tresses of the Dead
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345540034
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 27, 2019
    Bantam
    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345540003
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 28, 2018
    Bantam
    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345539977
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 03, 2017
    Bantam
    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345539946
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 09, 2016
    Bantam
    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344067
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 30, 2014
    Bantam
    Speaking from Among the Bones
    Speaking from Among the Bones
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344043
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 31, 2013
    Bantam
    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344029
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 30, 2012
    Bantam
    A Red Herring Without Mustard
    A Red Herring Without Mustard
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343466
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 18, 2011
    Bantam
    The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
    The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343459
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2011
    Bantam
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
    A Flavia de Luce Mystery
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343497
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 19, 2010
    Bantam

    Books

    Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers
    Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780593724545
    $30.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 03, 2026
    Bantam
    What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
    What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780593724538
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 12, 2025
    Bantam
    The Golden Tresses of the Dead
    The Golden Tresses of the Dead
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345540034
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 27, 2019
    Bantam
    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345540003
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 28, 2018
    Bantam
    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345539977
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 03, 2017
    Bantam
    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780345539946
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 09, 2016
    Bantam
    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344067
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 30, 2014
    Bantam
    Speaking from Among the Bones
    Speaking from Among the Bones
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344043
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 31, 2013
    Bantam
    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385344029
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 30, 2012
    Bantam
    A Red Herring Without Mustard
    A Red Herring Without Mustard
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343466
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 18, 2011
    Bantam
    The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
    The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
    A Flavia de Luce Novel
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343459
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2011
    Bantam
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
    A Flavia de Luce Mystery
    Alan Bradley
    9780385343497
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 19, 2010
    Bantam

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