I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

　　★史上最古靈精怪的小神探芙拉維亞第四部好評上市！

　　聖誕佳節期間，早熟的11歲偵探芙拉維亞躲進她的實驗室，嘗試著調出一種藥汁來誘捕傳說中的聖誕老人Saint Nick。但不一會兒她就放棄了，因為當電影劇組正式踏進破舊的伯克蕭大宅後，她發現這部電影出演的主角是Phyllis Wyvern。

　　無畏狂亂的暴風雪來臨，幾乎全比夏雷西村的人都跑到伯克蕭大宅欣賞Phyllis Wyvern的演技，但沒有人想到他們竟然親眼目睹一個被電影膠捲勒死的男孩！

　　究竟是誰安排了這種殘忍的畫面？誰是那個罪不可恕的兇手？當暴風雨加劇，嫌疑犯名單越來越長，芙拉維亞決定站出來，運用她古靈精怪的小聰明揪出隱藏在人群中、毫不起眼的真兇！

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　　It’s Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce—an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving—is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at Buckshaw, the de Luces’ decaying English estate, to shoot a movie starring the famed Phyllis Wyvern. Amid a raging blizzard, the entire village of Bishop’s Lacey gathers at Buckshaw to watch Wyvern perform, yet nobody is prepared for the evening’s shocking conclusion: a body found, past midnight, strangled to death with a length of film. But who among the assembled guests would stage such a chilling scene? As the storm worsens and the list of suspects grows, Flavia must use every ounce of sly wit at her disposal to ferret out a killer hidden in plain sight.