Lovers of cozy mysteries will adore this latest delightful installment! Flavia de Luce, along with her annoying little cousin, investigates the murder of a former public executioner and uncovers secrets that bring the biggest shock of her life.

Fragrant mushrooms, annoying cousins - and a very complicated murder... There's a new arrival at Buckshaw - Flavia's annoying cousin, Undine. Flavia is forced to take under her wing the true-hearted orphan, who at her best shows some promise in birth and deceit.

When Colonel Greyleigh, a former executioner, is found dead from a breakfast filled with poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on de Luce's long-time family cook, Mrs. Mullet. After all, didn't she chop the mushrooms and serve them to Greyleigh minutes before his death?

Flavia knows that her beloved Mrs. Mullet is innocent. Along with Dogger, the estate gardener and her accomplice, as well as the intolerable Undine, they decide to find the real killer and restore Mrs. Mullet's good name. However, the twists and turns of the case will lead her to a very surprising discovery - one that could turn her life completely upside down...

PAGES: 320, PUBLICATION YEAR: 1210, DIMENSIONS: 14x14cm