The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780307704771
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2010, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag is part of Flavia de Luce, credited to Alan Bradley. It continues the cozy-mystery series' dry, affectionate take on the placid English village of Bishop's Lacey in the early 1950s, with Flavia out-deducing the local police once again.
Key facts about The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Alan Bradley wrote The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2010. The book has 384 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780307704771 to find the main one.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag is book 2 of 11 in the Flavia de Luce series. The series has 11 published books. However, the series starts with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009).
That series sits on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust is the latest published Alan Bradley book on file, from 2024.
About Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley is a Canadian author best known for the Flavia de Luce series, a run of cozy mysteries set in 1950s England and narrated by an eleven-year-old chemistry prodigy with a taste for poisons and a habit of solving murders faster than the local police. See every Alan Bradley book in order.
Its place in Flavia de Luce
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag is book 2 in the Flavia de Luce series. It follows The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It is followed by A Red Herring Without Mustard. See the full Flavia de Luce reading order.
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce lives in a crumbling English country pile called Buckshaw with her distant father, two spiteful older sisters, and a Victorian chemistry laboratory she has claimed as her own private kingdom. She is obsessed with poisons — their properties, their history, their delivery — and it is only a matter of time before a body turns up on the cucumber patch for her to apply that knowledge to. Set in the placid English village of Bishop's Lacey in the early 1950s, each novel drops a corpse…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780385343459
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780307704771
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780440339175