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    <body><![CDATA[First Sentence:  It is always a mistake to underestimate the possibilities of a train compartment.<br/><br/>Newly-married Lady Emily and Colin Hargraves are off to Constantinople for their honeymoon.  On their way there, they meet a fellow Englishman with a tragic past who has lived there for year...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67696644">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It pains me to write a medicore review for this book; I loved the first 3 and have been eagerly waiting for this book since I finished &quot;A Fatal Waltz.&quot; <br/><br/>First, I loved the continuing development of Emily and Colin's relationship, and really wished for even more romance than what...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70408526">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Historical mystery with a bit of romance is my kind of guilty pleasure. And &quot;Lady Emily Mysteries&quot; is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I especially loved the last one, &quot;A Fatal Waltz&quot;. It was thrilling as a mystery, and the romance between Emily and Colin was part of mystery ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64543766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was fine.  I enjoyed the other books in the series more.  I can't say if it's becuase this book wasn't really as good, or if it was because once again I was really distracted while reading it (I read most of it while in early labor...)  I thought the interaction between Emily and Colin was cute, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73959783">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed in Tasha Alexander this time.  I really like her as an author, and love this series - but that being said, this book was not up to par with the others.  All of the references to Emily and Colin's honeymoon life were just too much and the storyline suffered because of it.  Hang in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80646837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book by Tasha Alexander I have read.  It was a bit slow and drawn out (but not in a suspenseful way).  I felt it was more of a mystery novel than a suspense novel.  The characters and events were flat.  I could easily put it down and not really want to pick it up again.  Perhaps if...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80781003">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the fourth book in a series about Lady Emily, a Victorian detective. Newlyweds Emily and Colin head to the far east, where they find themselves immersed in a strange world of sultans, harems, courtly intrigue, and dangerous politics. A woman from the sultan's harem is murdered, and she turns...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74751010">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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