Speaking from Among the Bones / Alan Bradley / 375 pages

I absolutely love these books that star the intrepid child prodigy 11 year old Flavia de Luce.  In this episode, readers will follow Flavia as she solves the murder of the church organist in the village of Bishop's Lacey on the eve of the opening of the crypt of St. Tancred 500 years after his death.  Readers will follow Flavia as she creeps through the remains of the deceased, uses squalene from her nose to pick a lock, reveals the consequences of lead poisoning, zooms about the countryside on her trusty bike "Gladys," combats the vicious verbal jabs of  her two older sisters and tries to understand her father.  There's humor, mystery, science, a cast of great characters, and everything that makes up a good cozy mystery with an unforgettable main character.  This one ends with a cliffhanger...can't wait until the next book!