The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

I'll never remember the name of this book but it's the second in the series that starts with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It's a mystery with an 11 year old girl, Flavia De Luce, as the detective. It's fun although the clues are at the heavy handed level of an 11 year old. A minor character is introduced so that they can conveniently hand Flavia a whistle that will go around unmentioned in her pocket until the very moment when she reaches a crisis and needs to blow it. Flavia is conveniently right there when anything happens every time. So the mystery is like a beginners level Soduku. Minimal strain (I speak as an expert since the only Soduku's I have ever solved are the easy ones). The characters are thankfully sophisticated though and it is a fun light read.