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she stood frozen as a figure stepped out from behind the door and a hand covered her mouth

like countless others he's seen during the war

Speaking from among the bones Natsuo Kirino Vintage FF|FYT Paperback 2004 But years of heavy casesIt is almost Easter in Bishop's Lacey, and the villagers are holding their breath as the tomb of St Tancred is about to be opened after 500 years. As luck would have it, it's 11 year old sleuth Flavia de Luce who is first at the scene. However, the body she finds lying there is clearly not that of a desiccated saint. For a start there's the pool of fresh blood, and then there's the gasmask, from under which a shock of golden hair identifies the corpse