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    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: A Flavia de Luce Novel

    Written by Alan Bradley

    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Flavia de Luce-"part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (The New York Times Book Review)-takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in the captivating new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley.

    Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on Flavia's first day in captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and enemies), and assessing the school's stern headmistress and faculty (one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the victim's identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and means. Rumors swirl that Miss Bodycote's is haunted, and that several girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the task-but her true destiny has yet to be revealed.

    Praise for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
     
    "Flavia de Luce [is] perhaps contemporary crime fiction's most original character-to say she is Pippi Longstocking with a Ph.D. in chemistry (speciality: poisons) barely begins to describe her."-Maclean's
     
    "Another treat for readers of all ages . . . [As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust] maintains the high standards Bradley set from the start."-Booklist
     
    "Exceptional . . . [The] intriguing setup only gets better, and Bradley makes Miss Bodycote's a suitably Gothic setting for Flavia's sleuthing. Through it all, her morbid narrative voice continues to charm."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    "Even after all these years, Flavia de Luce is still the world's greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth."-The Seattle Times
     
    "Plot twists come faster than Canadian snowfall. . . . Bradley's sense of observation is as keen as gung-ho scientist Flavia's. . . . The results so far are seven sparkling Flavia de Luce mysteries."-Library Journal
     
    "A rattling good 'girls' own adventure' yarn with an extensive cast of characters and suspects . . . When all is revealed, the links, misunderstandings and secrecy have a satisfying click."-Winnipeg Free Press
     
    "A delightful installment in the series!"-LibraryReads
     
    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
     
    "If ever there were a sleuth who's bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it's Flavia de Luce."-USA Today
     
    "This idiosyncratic young heroine continues to charm."-The Wall Street Journal
     
    "Delightful . . . a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes."-The Boston Globe


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    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 6, 2015
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    • 5/5
      Flavia de Luce has been shipped off to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada to further her education. She is not pleased and feels that her family has abandoned her and no longer cares. She no longer has her wonderful laboratory to work in, her bicycle "Gladys" to ride, or Dogger who keeps the family land together and quietly protects Flavia and is privy to some of her escapades. She is on her own in a strange land. But all is not lost.Upon her arrival to the boarding school, a charred and mummified body falls out of the fireplace chimney in her room! Ahhh...a mystery for her to solve. All is not easy as Flavia does not have access to the body to study it or a laboratory to analyze any clues she finds. She also find that there are goings on of a secretive type.Flavia also learns more about her mother, as Miss Bodycote's is her mother's alma mater. Seems her mother was quite the student.Bradley's writing style brings Flavia and her world to life. I've enjoyed reading the previous books and am looking forward to the other few that are coming next.
    • 4/5
      This is the seventh book in the Flavia De Luce series. As this is a mystery series, the books are largely independent plot wise and you could probably read this one without reading the previous novels. However, Flavia constantly refers to people she’s met in the previous books. If you can, I would recommend starting with the first book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.My problem with mystery books is that once I read a enough by the same author, I’m generally able to figure out who did it. This more or less holds true for the Flavia De Luce series, although As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust threw me some surprises that I didn’t expect.What makes this series so great is Flavia herself, a now twelve year old girl chemist who loves poisons. Flavia is a genius, very precocious, but she still is able to read as a twelve year old girl, likely due to her sense of drama and love of macabre. All in all, she’s a delightful narrator who manages to be both charming and hilarious.“Tickling and learning were much the same thing. When you tickle yourself–ecstasy; but when anyone else tickles you–agony.”(Flavia does not approve of Education)As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust is a bold change for the series. Flavia is sent away from Buckshaw to a girls’ boarding school in Toronto. Unfortunately, I don’t think this was bold enough since she was sent back to Buckshaw at the end, which made this entire book pointless. This book could have been used to introduce a new setting and cast of characters which would be built up on over the course of subsequent books. As is, none of the characters are able to appear long enough to be memorable or gain depth.I think the plot was a bit thin in this one, but Flavia continues to delight. I’d recommend this series to people looking for mystery novels with a fun central character.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.
    • 3/5
      Flavia remains a delightful p, if not completely believable character: self-aware, sharply intelligent, and with a quirky sense of humor. Since she’s the main draw of this series, rather than the murders, this book was a decent read. But I was disappointed. I know that Flavia’s involvement in, even her unseemly and unlikely help with, mysterious deaths is the whole reason for the books. But this one stretches even my easy-going “oh well, it is fiction, after all,” acceptance of impossible things to its breaking point. The central idea of the Canadian school is simply incredible, and the school atmosphere, one of my favorite settings for mysteries, is poorly developed.Flavia shines through this book, but you’ve got to love her to put up with the story.
    • 4/5
      I do believe I've found a new young heroine to add to my shelf of favorites! When I saw the synopsis for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust I was instantly smitten. Stories where young ladies do amazing things make me smile. Plus, I love a good mystery. What I didn't know, was that this book is the 7th in a series. Generally that would put me off, but I quickly realized that it didn't matter much. There were times I wished for more information, but overall I fell completely in love. I can't wait to go back and start from the beginning!

      Flavia de Luce is a one of a kind character. A young girl with a deep passion for science, and an equal obsession with solving mysteries! Since I didn't have much back story on Flavia, it was like a puzzle to put together her personality. I couldn't have been happier. When a body came tumbling out of the fireplace in her room and, rather than scream, she immediately started cataloging items, I was thrilled. What a brave girl! Things only got better from there. Flavia is witty, brilliant and a ton of fun to follow.

      So why the four stars? Mainly, this book went a tiny bit off the rails for me at the ending. I was willing to put aside a lot of questions, since I haven't started from the beginning of this tale. However the ending felt a little confusing. There is so much unknown. I am eager to find out what is going on with the secret society mentioned, and I can't wait to meet Flavia's family.

      If you have the chance to listen to this on audio, please do! It's fabulous.
    • 2/5
      Very disappointed in this newest addition to the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. Flavia has been sent off to study at Miss Bodycote's School in Canada, supposedly to begin her training for the super-secret organization, the Nide, which is, apparently, a family tradition. The Flavia we meet here is a pale shadow of the quirky, self-assured, clever girl barreling around Bishop's Lacey and Buckshaw on the ever-faithful Gladys. This Flavia is confused, restrained, and unsure of herself which is, I suppose, how any 12 year old suddenly sent thousands of miles away from home would behave. I felt the narrative here lacked the cleverness and wit of previous stories, and I certainly missed the relationships between Flavia and the Bishop's Lacey crew, especially Dogger. Bradley introduced many characters here but hasn't fleshed them out well enough - so much so that when a big reveal happens near the end, I had to go back and look up the person involved! Like Flavia, I felt put out and let down by the end, asking myself why we had to go through this ridiculous exercise of traveling to Canada only to be sent home at the end anyway.
    • 5/5
      I'm always sad to finish a Flavia de Luce novel, and this one is no different. They are so much fun, and I'd like it if they could go on forever.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this installment of the Flavia De Luce series. Flavia is sent off to Canada to the girls school where her mother attended. Lonely and a new girl it's not long before she sets herself to solving another mystery. Can't wait to read the next book!
    • 4/5
      One of the best that I've read in this series. Flavia is such a colorful character. Her intelligence and sass are a great combination.
    • 5/5
      Flavia, now part of an elite group known as the Nide, crosses the Atlantic in the company of a pair of doctors to attend Mrs. Bodycote's Female Academy in Toronto. On her first night, another girl scrambles up the chimney in Flavia's room to avoid being caught breaking curfew. She gets the fright of her life as she and a skeleton come crashing down the chimney. Flavia can't resist looking into the mystery although she lacks information access she might expect back home in Bishop's Lacey. She discovers several "missing" girls from recent years. Flavia, whose passion for poisons impresses, gets to study chemistry with a woman charged with murdering her husband but found innocent. This thrills her. Flavia does not know which fellow students are members of the Nide and which are not, so she must trust no one.Flavia charms the reader as much as in previous installments. Jayne Entwistle's narration equally delights the listener, making him feel as though he sat and heard a great storyteller. I look forward to the next installment.
    • 5/5
      I adore the Flavia de Luce novels, and I was very much looking forward to this one knowing that we would be getting away from Buckshaw and all her comfortable surroundings. This installment of the series did not disappoint. Allowing Flavia to meet and interact with new people, most of whom rival her own intelligence level rather than her terse family members and rather simple townspeople. I thought it was fascinating to watch Flavia navigate an entirely alien world where she could play mind games with those equal to the challenge. One of the best of the series I think!
    • 4/5
      Another classic Flavia, this time set in Toronto at a boarding school. Who but Flavia would get a room with a corpse stuffed up the chimney? Of course she figures out whose body it is, and who put it there. A couple of other mysteries to solve along the way. For Flavia's fans, this chronicle will not disappoint.
    • 4/5
      More Lemony Snicket + a bit of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I rushed eagerly into the next novel.
    • 5/5
      As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust is the 7th book in the Flavia de Luce series. In the previous book, Flavia has learned some interesting things from her aunt about her dead mother and Flavia is about to follow in her mother's footsteps. She has been sent away from her family to a boarding school in Canada. Not long after she arrives, a skeleton tumbles out of the chimney in her bedroom, and she has another mystery to tackle. Flavia is one of my favorite characters, and this series is also a favorite. It is so difficult for me to wait for each installment. I enjoy Alan Bradley's easy, conversational style. The mysteries are always very solid with several twists and turns. There is quite a bit of humor, and Bradley does an excellent job of capturing the voice of young Flavia. While I missed the usual cast of characters from Buckshaw and Bishop's Lacey, there were many intriguing students and teachers at Flavia's new school. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Having read the entire Flavia de Luce series, I've come to expect a certain quality to the story and the writing, or so I find it disappointing to say that I didn't much care for this title. Whether it was the fact that Flavia is plucked out of her familiar surroundings, and randomly sent to Canada, or that the mystery itself seemed lacking, this book just seemed to fall flat.
    • 4/5
      Removed from her beloved Buckshaw, Flavia's latest adventure takes place at Miss Bodycotes' Female Academy near Toronto, where she encounters murder and mysteries aplenty. Flavia is an intelligent and appealing heroine, and I'm curious to see where Bradley will go with the series from here.
    • 3/5
      Scooped this up at work since it came in extraordinarily early! I didn't enjoy it as much as other Alan Bradley works although Flavia was as charming as ever... there seemed to be too many mysteries at once: the body Flavia discovers her first night at the Canadian boarding school and then the school itself. Students have gone missing, teachers have criminal pasts and then there is the fact that Flavia's mother, Harriet, attended this school at one time as well. Too many new characters and by the end of the book, I really didn't know as much as I thought I would. I wouldn't start with this book if you are just meeting Flavia for the first time.
    • 5/5
      totally love this book. I am so going to be reading this one again. love it.
    • 3/5
      While enjoyable as an average cozy mystery, it was not the Flavia de Luce that I had come to know and love. Flavia belongs at Buckshaw, or at least in England. It seemed to me that Bradley doesn't know how to take her from child to teen to adult. A spy in training? At age 12? If the Finishing School was to prepare her for her future role it was failing miserably. Other than a lesson in finding water and doing some Morse code, that part of her education was completely neglected. Hopefully this series gets back on track in the next book, if there is one.
    • 3/5
      Very unsatisfying ending. Quite abrupt. Almost like the book had to be finished quickly, and the usual standards not upheld.
    • 4/5
      Thank you to the publisher, via NetGalley, for giving me a digital copy of Mr. Bradley's 7th novel about Flavia de Luce. Here is my honest review.I have always enjoyed Mr. Bradley's novel where Flavia is the heroine and this is no exception. This time our young chemist and amateur investigator does her thing in a Canadian boarding school where her deceased mother was once a student. Things get off to a scary start but Flavia can handle it! She's always ready for solving murders and her brilliant knowledge of chemistry helps her out once again.Mr. Bradley does his usual great job of pacing this novel. The new characters are well-developed if not well-liked! Flavia is as charming as ever and I am looking forward to her next adventure.
    • 3/5
      This is my first Flavia de Luce book and I had a hard time remembering that she was twelve as she acts much older. The book did grab my attention and held it to the end. I enjoyed the use of the new vocabulary words and the delight Flavia got in being able to use them. The characters and plot were both well developed. The mystery had a surprise ending which I enjoyed. I received this book free from NetGalley for a honest review.
    • 4/5
      The Flavia de Luce series is one of those rare collections of books that divides my family in opinion. My father finds Flavia too precocious (and thus unrealistic and somewhat irritating) for her purported age, while I consider her a brilliant heroine who makes me think of my beloved Nancy Drew, if Nancy had a lot more attitude and a fascination with chemistry and famous poisoners.In this entry in the series, Flavia has been sent away from home to a boarding school. Homesick and feeling like an outcast, she soon finds her footing when she happens onto a corpse.The mystery is exciting, full of intrigue, twists, turns, and a lot of highly unique characters. Readers (at least this reader) can't help but cheer for Flavia as she uses her immense intellectual aptitude to outsmart the adults around her, conduct clandestine chemistry experiments, and sneak around after hours in search of clues.If you haven't read any of this series before, you should start with the first book in the series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I'm hopeful you'll agree with me, and walk away wanting to spend more time with the indomitable spirit of Flavia de Luce.
    • 5/5
      Flavia is growing up and taking a turn across the pond. Yaroooo! A new cast of characters, the requisite dead body, some pre-adolescent misunderstandings, danger, poison, and of course all the brilliant deductions that come to pass after Flavia works the evidence around in her glorious little head. Thoroughly delightful mystery read by Jayne Entwistle.
    • 5/5
      ☊ That's right, five stars, and not because it's the best one in the series, but because I LOVE the way Jayne Entwistle reads this. Flavia is off to Toronto, ONTARIO, Canada (I mean, really, who says New York, USA or San Francisco, USA????) to Miss Bodycote's academy.

      While on the one hand I was happy to have a break from sibling rivalry and could not buy one more murder in her home area, I did miss Dogger and Mrs. Mullet. Regarldess of some less than stellar reviews, there really were some great characters in this book (more readily observed when read by Jayne.)

      Naturally, Entwistle doesn't do a Canadian accent the way a Canadian really talks, but at least it's better than most of the American attempts at Canadian accents, and it's very plausible since the narrator of the book is Flavia, so that's how she'd likely hear the Canadian accents.

      Is the murder plausible? You be the judge; it's definitely not one you'll figure out in the first few chapters, which for me is a huge plus, and really it's more about Flavia being at Miss Bodycote's and figuring out some of the things she learned in the last book than just a murder mystery, so don't get bent out of shape if it's not just one thing, but don't expect it to be the most stellar book of the series.

      However, Flavia fans, do read this one, and I STRONGLY urge you to listen to the audiobook for this one.
    • 4/5
      I can't help it. I just find Flavia de Luce absolutely delightful. I want to be her friend, her confidante, her laboratory buddy. I confess that the last Flavia novel, The Dead in their Vaulted Arches, was probably my least favorite of the series (though still a fun read), and I was a bit tentative about this one. And it's true, I missed Buckshaw a lot (though probably not as much as Flavia). This novel finds Flavia in Canada, navigating boarding school after discovery that she's to be inducted in the same secret society as her mother.

      Perhaps I envisioned a bit more secret-spy training for Flavia than the book delivered - instead, immediately upon her arrival, a dead body falls out of a chimney, and Flavia sets upon her usual course - proving the adults wrong and finding out whodunnit. It's a formula that still hasn't gotten old, because Bradley simply writes Flavia so well. She is such an amazing character - so likable, so true to herself. I can just picture her in the situations in which she finds herself, and imagine the adults around her and their expressions. Flavia has some good interactions with both her fellow students and teachers at this new academy -- many of whom knew her mother. the late Harriet. She proves herself a worthy detective, again, of course, using her wits and chemistry.

      The whole Nide business is still a bit odd and confusing to me. I suppose that's the point, but it's hard not to have some resolution - though I suppose we are supposed to be sharing Flavia's similar frustration at this point.

      Nevertheless, I am amazed at Bradley's ability to continue to write books that so embody this character. I often try to envision a Flavia film and then find myself hoping it never happens, as I would hate to have the Flavia in my head ruined by the movies.

      Definitely worth a read, as always, and now I'm left bereft that I'll have to wait over a year for the next installment of Flavia's adventures.

      (Note, I received an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley in return for an unbiased review.)
    • 4/5
      This was the first of the Flavia de Luce series to take place over in her boarding school in Canada. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy the change of venue, but I quite did. I think the change of scenery benefited Flavia.
    • 4/5
      I listened to this seventh installment of the Flavia de Luce chronicles ably narrated by Jayne Entwistle. As always the adventures that the budding chemist and sleuth encounters are entertaining and thought-provoking.In this book Flavia is sent to boarding school in Toronto, the same school that her mother, Harriet, attended. Flavia feels like she has been sent into exile and she misses her home tremendously. However, when a mummified body is found in the fireplace flue of the room she is staying in, Flavia is able to put aside her personal feelings to solve the mystery of who the body is and who killed her. This doesn't leave her much time to attend classes but she does get some extra tutelage in chemistry. She is most keen to use the specialized equipment in the chemistry lab, equipment which includes an electron microscope, a very rare thing in the 1950s. Flavia is able to solve the mystery but she can't take credit for it because she promised a reporter the scoop. Ah well, the important thing is to solve the crime not to reap personal glory.I am now caught up to date in this series. I hope Mr. Bradley is working on the next.
    • 5/5
      It's hard for me to handle Flavia growing up, but this continues to be one of my favorite series. Another strong, intelligent, fun book - highly recommend.
    • 4/5
      The series takes a huge departure as Flavia is packed off to Hogwarts, I mean Miss Bodycote's Female Academy, in Canada. Shortly after her arrival, Flavia is confronted with a dead body in the chimney. The ever precocious Flavia can't resist a good mystery and she does an admirable job of fufilling her late mother's legacy.I missed the Buckshaw crew in this novel. In the Chimney Sweepers we are introduced to an entirely new cast of characters, both staff and students. It was difficult to keep everyone straight. At one point in the book Bradley offers a list of suspects which clearly lays out all of the new characters but since I was reading the story on my kindle I couldn't find it again. Being able to flip back to the list would have been most helpful. After muddling through most of the story I got to the meat of the mystery at the end and it all made sense, sort of. Bradley has laid the groundwork for a whole new story direction with the "pheasant sandwiches". The story ends with yet another change in direction for Flavia and I am looking forward to finding out what is in store for her.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful mystery with Flavia de Luce. Reminds me of _Great Expectations_ by Dickens. Many hidden things going on and Flavia is trying to figure it out.