The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
- 400
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag” gives Flavia de Luce a second case, a puppeteer’s murder, with her chemistry lab doing the detecting. Some readers take to this clever, charming girl and enjoy the period and the prose as well. Others prefer the first book, and the tone can seem too childish to readers who expected an adult mystery.
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About the book
Flavia de Luce applies her skills in the chemistry lab to solving the murder of a master puppeteer, a case that is further complicated by her tormenting sisters.
Reading order · Flavia de Luce
Full order & progress →- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - The Weed that Strings the Hangman's BagThis book
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- I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 112 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.4 | 5 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 107 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag?
It has 400 pages — shorter than 56% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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