The third book in Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce series is A Red Herring Without Mustard. Eleven year old Flavia goes in a gypsy's tent to have her fortune told, but the old woman's words startle her causing her to jump, knock over a candle, and burn the tent. The old woman is clearly to ill to travel, so Flavia offers to let her stay at a quiet portion of Buckshaw until her health improves. That night, Flavia wakes in the middle of the night, discovers an intruder in the house, and decides to go check on the gypsy. Flavia finds her unconscious in her wagon with blood everywhere. Since she doesn't seem to be dead, she rides the gypsy's horse to get the doctor then waits at the wagon for the police inspector to arrive. The next day, she finds the previous intruder murdered and hanging from the trident of the stature of Poseidon. Despite the inspector's obvious lack of desire for her help, Flavia begins her own investigation which result in a series of adventures ultimately ending with the solution to the mystery.
I took a break from the series originally because the second book was not as entertaining to me as the first, but the third story is back to the level of the first and I thoroughly enjoyed it enough that I am interested in continuing with the rest of the books in the series. I would recommend it for anyone who likes a nice mystery.
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