I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (2011) (edit title/settings)

Peter R edited the description of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Saturday, March 16, 2013.

• Christmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a parlousperilous state, it's set to be a bleak mid-winter at Buckshaw. Which is why Colonel de Luce has - with deep misgivings - agreed to rent out the family home to a film company looking for the perfect English country house location.

  For Flavia and her sisters, however, it's as if all their Christmases have come at once, with Buckshaw's gloomy corridors suddenly filled with the bustle of a film crew at work - and one of the silver screen's most glamorous stars, Phyllis Wyvern, spreading a little stardust over the crumbling pile.

  But filming is soon slowed by a series of nasty accidents - and then brought to a halt as a heavy snowstorm cuts Buckshaw off from the outside world. As the family, an assortment of stranded villagers, and the increasingly fractious film crew prepare to wait the weather out, they are stunned by a gruesomely dramatic murder, and suddenly Flavia - in the midst of designing a scientific experiment to prove the existence of Father Christmas - has another far deadlier mystery to solve.

  (from the back cover)

P3Reilly edited the description of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Sunday, July 1, 2012.

• Christmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a perilousparlous state, it's set to be a bleak mid-winter at Buckshaw. Which is why Colonel de Luce has - with deep misgivings - agreed to rent out the family home to a film company looking for the perfect English country house location.

  For Flavia and her sisters, however, it's as if all their Christmases have come at once, with Buckshaw's gloomy corridors suddenly filled with the bustle of a film crew at work - and one of the silver screen's most glamorous stars, Phyllis Wyvern, spreading a little stardust over the crumbling pile.

  But filming is soon slowed by a series of nasty accidents - and then brought to a halt as a heavy snowstorm cuts Buckshaw off from the outside world. As the family, an assortment of stranded villagers, and the increasingly fractious film crew prepare to wait the weather out, they are stunned by a gruesomely dramatic murder, and suddenly Flavia - in the midst of designing a scientific experiment to prove the existence of Father Christmas - has another far deadlier mystery to solve.

  (from the back cover)

P3Reilly edited the description of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Sunday, July 1, 2012.

• Christmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a parlousperilous state, it's set to be a bleak mid-winter at Buckshaw. Which is why Colonel de Luce has - with deep misgivings - agreed to rent out the family home to a film company looking for the perfect English country house location.

  For Flavia and her sisters, however, it's as if all their Christmases have come at once, with Buckshaw's gloomy corridors suddenly filled with the bustle of a film crew at work - and one of the silver screen's most glamorous stars, Phyllis Wyvern, spreading a little stardust over the crumbling pile.

  But filming is soon slowed by a series of nasty accidents - and then brought to a halt as a heavy snowstorm cuts Buckshaw off from the outside world. As the family, an assortment of stranded villagers, and the increasingly fractious film crew prepare to wait the weather out, they are stunned by a gruesomely dramatic murder, and suddenly Flavia - in the midst of designing a scientific experiment to prove the existence of Father Christmas - has another far deadlier mystery to solve.

  (from the back cover)

starwolvie edited the description of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Monday, February 13, 2012.

• Acclaim for Alan Bradley’s beloved FlaviaChristmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a parlous state, it's set to be a bleak mid-winter at Buckshaw. Which is why Colonel de Luce novels, winners ofhas - with deep misgivings - agreed to rent out the family home to a film company looking for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, Barry Award, Agatha Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Winn Award,perfect English country house location.

  For Flavia and Arthur Ellis Award   “If ever there washer sisters, however, it's as if all their Christmases have come at once, with Buckshaw's gloomy corridors suddenly filled with the bustle of a sleuth who’s bold, brilliant,film crew at work - and yes, adorable, it’s Flavia de Luce.”— USA Today “Delightful . . . <Flavia is>one of the silver screen's most glamorous stars, Phyllis Wyvern, spreading a little stardust over the crumbling pile.

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  (from the back cover)

Shelfari edited the description of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Saturday, July 23, 2011.

• 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 was a sleuth who’s bold, brilliant, and yes, adorable, it’s Flavia de Luce.”— USA Today “Delightful . . . <Flavia is> a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes. . . . Fearless, cheeky, wildly precocious.” —The Boston Globe, on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie    “Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit . . . The real delight here is <Flavia’s> droll voice and the eccentric cast.”— People (four stars), on The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag   “Outstanding . . . <a> marvelous blend of whimsy and mystery.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review), on A Red Herring Without Mustard