Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and Patricia Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Panther Press The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Bradley, Alan: VG+ Hard Cover The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Literature Guide by SuperSummary The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, First Edition AbeBooks The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Literature Guide by SuperSummary. Eleven year old Flavia de Luce is an aspiring chemist, when her father is arrested for murder she begins a search for the truth that will lead her all the way to the King of England.