What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
Olivier Guérin
, Dawn Macdonald
, Ken Gilmour
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Pat Johnston
, Barry Kazimer
, Agnes Marshall
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Cheryl Johnson
, Judith Pearson
, Carol Brown
, Louise Walsh
, Jude Castillo
, Holly Elisabeth
, Marilyn Stanley
, Beth Dekoker
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Tanya Blake
, Patricia Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Sharon Forzley
, Amanda Lastoria
, Meghan Barton
, Randi Ann Doll
, Noelle Walsh
, Brittney Warren
, Nicole Maxwell
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Leila Grobel
, Virginia Reddin
, Dorothy Wong
, Elisabeth Hegerat
, Lynn Andrews
, Linda Leitch
, Dorothy Wong
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Deana Bueley
, Hana Iudin
, Carson Loveless
, Joseph Chirayil
, Alanna Virtue
, Karen Kendrick
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Shannon Leclerc
, Allison Dube
, MJ Malleck
, Andrea Pole
, Loretta Garbutt
, Mary Therrien
, Stephanie Dayes
, Russell Reitsema
, Janice Cournoyer
, Paula Ritchie
, diana kirkwood
, Cherryl Koylass
, Kim Cappellina
, Sarah Dalton
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Keltey Buchko
, Natasha Andres
, S. A. M. McCue
, jane luce
, finn mulryan
, joy mills
, Cathy Stampar
, Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Vicki Bedford
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Margaret McKay
, Darlene Foster
, Christine Lion
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Margaret Palmer
, Chantal Vulker
, Lisa Mallia
, zelda dwyer
, Joe Titone
, Monica Miller
, Melanie Solar
, poucHIe Teske
, Patricia McKeown
, Rachel Edmonds
, Gail Reid
, Wendy Houlden
, Jennifer Beyak
, Joanne Epp
, Emily Johansen
, Deborah Kennedy
, Macy McCubbing
, Penelope Penner
, Heather Norris
, Roberta Cox
, Katherine Martinez
, Chris Lantz
, Michelle Arsenault
, Susan Toy
, Margaret Black
, Karyn Huenemann
, Kim Carswell
, Kim Patrick
, jen Black
, Kym Marsh
, Kevin Smith
, Benita Hartwell
, Debbie Rodgers
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Mary Lester
, Huguette Lemieux
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Mary Danieli
, Heather Belliveau
, Claire Gear
, Janice Montgomery
, Roland Schigas
, Sheila Spence
, Janet Meisner
, Molly Campbell
, Amanda Clarke
, Sara Conway
, Ching Ching Wu
, Karen Lowe
, Rhonda Struthers
, Mark Gorman
, Andre Sobers
, Roy Hamaura
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Janet Hosokawa
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Brad MULLER
, Ashley Stones
, Lynn Hallson
, Cassandra AOUIZERATE
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Boe Waight
, Laurie Keeley
, jaynie jackson
, Paula Adam
, Mary Goldsmith
, Taya Young
, Debra Fisher
, Jane Graham
, Morgan Stewart
, Joe Mitchell
, Katie Kah
, P. Thompson
, Daria Krykhtin
, toni velthuis
, Marija Dujic
, LJ Law
, Maria Mclean
, Lucy DaSilva
, Lindsay Simmons
, Hugh Kindred
, Leslie Vermeer
, Suzanne Nesbitt
, Kim Rasberry
, Candace Fertile
, Barbara Leckie
, Daniela Rowane Thapa
, Dot Mann
, Penny Gilman
, Meaghan Krygier
, Neha Faisal
, Gabrielle Veilleux
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Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.
Flavia de Luce has taken on the mentorship of her odious, moon-faced cousin Undine who has come to live at Buckshaw following the death of her mother. Undine’s main talent, aside from cultivating disgusting habits, seems to be raising Flavia’s hackles, although in her best moments she shows potential for trespassing, trickery, and other assorted mayhem.
When Major Greyleigh, a local recluse and former hangman, is found dead after a breakfast of poisonous mushrooms, suspicion falls on the de Luce family's longtime cook, Mrs. Mullet. After all, wasn't it she who'd picked the mushrooms, cooked the omlette, and served it to Greyleigh in the moments before his death? "I have to admit," says Flavia, an expert in the chemical nature of poisons, "that I'd been praying to God for a jolly good old-fashioned mushroom poisoning. Not that I wanted anyone to die, but why give a girl a gift such as mine without giving her the opportunity to use it?"
But Flavia knows the beloved Mrs. Mullet is innocent. Together with Dogger, estate gardener and partner-in-crime, and the obnoxious Undine, Flavia sets out to find the real killer and clear Mrs. Mullet's good name. Little does she know that following the case's twists and turns will lead her to a most surprising discovery—one with the power to upend her entire life.
