Title: I am half-sick of shadows
Description: 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.
Subjects: Actresses, Motion pictures, Murder, Girls, Crimes against, Fiction, Investigation, Production and direction, Large type books, Flavia De Luce (Fictitious character), Mystery & Detective, General, Thrillers, Historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Actresses, fiction, Crime, fiction, England, fiction, Motion picture industry, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Christmas stories, Mystery and detective
Places: England
People: Flavia De Luce (Fictitious character)