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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradley, C. Alan
The weed that strings the hangman's bag: a Flavia de Luce mystery/
Alan Bradley.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978 -0-440-33917-5
1. Detectives--England--Fiction. 2. Murder--Investigation-- Fiction.
3. England--Fiction. I. Title.
PR9199.4.B7324W44 2010
813'.6--dc22 2009043002
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Table of Contents
Cover
Other Books by this Author
Title Page
Dedication
Map
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright