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Flavia hears a woman crying, and eventually comes upon a broken van belonging. The weed that strings the hangmans bag alan bradley summary. The weed that strings the hangmans bag by alan bradley. National bestsellerflavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious. The weed that strings the hangmans bag harris county. This edition includes an excerpt from alan bradleys a red herring without mustard, discussion questions, and an essay by the author. In the weed that strings the hangmans bag, a traveling puppeteer comes to bishops lacey and ends up dead and, of course, flavia is right in the middle of the mystery.
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