The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Children's Book AUTHORS NOTE: The Perfectly Twisted

AUTHORS NOTE: The Perfectly Twisted Novellas are glances into characters' pasts at defining moments in time and are best read after The Perfect Storm Duet

In fall 2002

Once the truth comes out

Untangling a decade’s worth of lies between a terrified father

Finding her became my sole purpose

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Children's Book AUTHORS NOTE: The Perfectly TwistedIt is the summer of 1950and at the once grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest