A review by batbones
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

5.0

Another fun romp about Bishop's Lacey with the indomitable and intelligent Flavia de Luce and her trusty bicycle Gladys. I loved how this is marked with a cold touch that the quaint first novel didn't: the death of a young boy, who was found hanging on the gallows in a dark wood, surfaces from the memory of a small town from years ago. This might be a mystery novel but Bradley does wonders with language, painting pictures caricatural one moment and earnestly moving the next. Incredible.