{"id":3431,"date":"2025-12-04T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:54:54","slug":"im-half-sick-of-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3431","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m half sick of shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I Am Half-Sick of Shadows is the gripping fourth novel in the Flavia De Luce series by&nbsp;Alan Bradley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/im-half-sick-of-shadows.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/im-half-sick-of-shadows.jpg?w=748\" alt=\"I'm half sick of shadows\" class=\"wp-image-5168\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I\u2019m half sick of shadows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In the deep midwinter, there\u2019s a murder to solve\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas is coming and the snow is falling, but with the de Luce family finances in a parlous state, Colonel de Luce has been forced to rent out the family home to a film company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Flavia and her sisters it\u2019s as if all their belated Christmases have come at once \u2013 but filming is soon slowed by a series of nasty accidents and then brought to a halt as a heavy snowstorm cuts Buckshaw off from the outside world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they prepare to wait out the weather, they are stunned by a gruesomely dramatic murder \u2013 and suddenly Flavia, in the midst of designing an experiment to prove the existence of Father Christmas \u2013 has another, far deadlier mystery to solve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by&nbsp;Alan Bradley is available from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3KQ45al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3KQ45al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3KQ45al<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/42PuBXr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Waterstones<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/42PuBXr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">https:\/\/tidd.ly\/42PuBXr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781409118176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">City Adventurers Solve The Murder Bookshop\u00a0<\/a>at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781409118176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/a\/3668\/9781409118176<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Am Half-Sick of Shadows is the gripping fourth novel in the Flavia De Luce series by&nbsp;Alan Bradley. 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