{"product_id":"numb-were-the-beadsmans-fingers-isbn-9780593724545","title":"Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA nun’s corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming novel in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion (in roughly equal parts), and her tales are hilarious, engaging, and occasionally heartbreaking.”—Diana Gabaldon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the cloisters of Golgotha House, a mere binocular’s-squint away from Buckshaw, a nun lies dead. When her fellow Sisters prepare her corpse for burial, they discover that their companion has been living a shocking lie for years. The truth about her past, and the dark reasons she harbored for escaping it, are impossible to fathom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharged with cracking this mystery is the firm of Arthur Dogger \u0026amp; Associates (Discreet investigations)—consisting, of course, of the inimitable young Flavia de Luce herself and her faithful partner-in-detection Dogger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking under the eye of a glowering Mother Superior, Flavia and Dogger must uncover a decades-old crime and a secret that lies an ocean away—along with a trail of deception that lies closer to home.\u003cb\u003eAlan Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of ten Flavia de Luce mystery novels and the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Shoebox Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. His first Flavia de Luce novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Red Herring Without Mustard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Half-Sick of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking from Among the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dead in Their Vaulted Arches\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Tresses of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the ebook short story \"The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse.\" He lives and writes on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea.From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness at the Bottom of thePie","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532175487205,"sku":"NP9780593724545","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593724545.jpg?v=1773182942","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/numb-were-the-beadsmans-fingers-isbn-9780593724545","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}