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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;A country Eden blooms with murder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Swevenings village is pretty as a picture, but its secrets are ugly; and its gentry dread the publication of Sir Harold Lacklander's memoirs. When one of them is murdered, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies even deeper than the trout stream beneath the rustic bridge...&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ngaio Marsh]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Long-time fans of Marsh would find it weird to hear me say that this is the first time Alleyn has made such an early entry into the novel, but as this is actually the third Marsh book I've managed to lay my hands on, and the first one not connected to the theatre, I find some elements of this a refr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71266764">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 28 06:29:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 06:45:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another pleasantly entertaining Marsh cozy.  This one seemed to have more invested in the actual mystery but the Marsh watermark of cleverly-crafted descriptions remains the reason to read;  &quot;Smoke rose in cozy plumes from one or two chimneys; roofs cuddled into surrounding greenery ... a trout...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61374939">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who loves a good British Mystery!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 11 21:03:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 21:09:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great British mystery done with superb attention to detail.  Ngaio Marsh gives her mysteries those little twists and turns and even though you might guess who DONE it, she always surprises you with the HOW.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 19:27:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought I had it figured out but I didn't.  The villain is the sort that usually can't be the villain because s/he is too obvious.  That was a neat trick.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 12 20:32:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hurray Ngaio Marsh!  This was a fun English Cozy.  I think I'm adding Ngaio Marsh to my go-to list.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been trapped in an airport for 6 hours. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally, a Ngaio Marsh that I really liked!  Reminds me a bit of the Lord Peter mystery, <em>The Five Red Herrings</em>...very fishy indeed.  In the tiny town of Swevenings (meaning &quot;dreams&quot; in Chaucerian England, according to Marsh) everyone has a reason to kill the deceased, and I do mean everyon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28147972">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 07:21:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book. Another English-speaking mystery author to read!]]></body>
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