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  <title><![CDATA[Last Post: A Novel of Suspense]]></title>
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  <default_description>A mysterious envelope arrives on Eve McNabb's doorstep soon after she has buried her mother, a woman who kept many secrets. The puzzling letter inside this envelope hints at an illicit passion between the letter writer and Eve's mother, May McNabb.&lt;P&gt; Even when she was a child, Eve sensed that there were parts of May's life she would never understand. She would never know the details of her parents' marriage or why her father suddenly disappeared from her life. While Eve has always believed that her father was dead, she begins to wonder whether her mother's life as a widow had been a ruse. Will she have to question everything her mother has told her? Could her father be alive and well? The letter writer may have some answers, but how can Eve find him or her?&lt;P&gt; With only a blurred postmark for a clue, Eve sets out to locate the writer and journey into her own past. What she never suspected was that questions can be dangerous, perhaps even deadly...&lt;P&gt; Filled with piercing wit and illuminating insight into the human condition, Robert Barnard's &lt;I&gt;Last Pos&lt;/i&gt;t proves yet again that he is one of the great masters of mystery.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Last Post: A Novel of Suspense</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Barnard]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 14 10:16:31 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never been disappointed by a Robert Barnard novel and this one was no exception. When Eve McNabb's mother dies, Eve is sorting through the many condolence letters when she comes upon a letter addressed to her mother, with shocking revelations which cause her to question all her mother has told ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49960477">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 25 12:38:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 25 12:43:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an oddly lukewarm book.  The characters talk about their emotions without seeming to feel them, there is a totally unbelievable sudden romance, and an old-fashioned, restrained, matter-of-fact tone is maintained throughout.  The plot is unexciting, the pacing is strange, there is no suspens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78975477">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh, I had such high hopes for this book based upon the cover and the jacket blurb but that was the high point and it was all downhill from there.  They must have quite different tastes over in the UK because although this author has received some awards and such, I found his style extremely boring ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30118855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50860069">
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 29 18:17:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like this guy a lot.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit disappointing]]></body>
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    <review id="27201634">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was okay. Robert B is supposed to be a big deal over in the UK, and Kirkus reviews trips over themselves to review each latest title by the author when it comes out.<br/><br/> But, frankly this was neither suspenseful or all that exciting. Typical British whodunit - lots of talking heads and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27201634">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue May 20 17:33:00 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Last Post started out slow, then picked up when the heroine met her future lover, a detective by the name of Rani. It slowed again before the murder which was the crux of the book and which came rather late. The dual storylines of the romance and the mystery didn't mesh as well as I'd hoped and I fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22647770">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30476236">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[not really suspenseful. very British. Characters kind of one dimensional.]]></body>
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    <review id="24382618">
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    <body><![CDATA[Easy, quick read. Fun little mystery. ]]></body>
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