A review by colleengeedrumm
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

3.0

Good news, has no place in the midst of tragedy, when it cannot be fully appreciated-when it is dampened and diluted by the atmosphere in which it is announced and robbed of its healing power.

Catharsis cannot come until the bitter end. - Aristotle

It was more than sad-it was a damned shame.

Can you keep a secret?
None have ever been as much a master of the zipped lip as Flavia de Luce.
"In blood," I vowed. It was an oath known to very few.