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July 26

Nancy marked as to-read:
Dying Breath (Paperback)
by Sarah J. Mason
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Charisma (Hardcover)
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A Bleeding of Innocents (Paperback)
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July 23

New comment on Nancy's review of Man of Two Tribes (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery)

Nancy wrote: "Thanks, Eric, I have a copy already but your offer was really kind. I actually have a lot by Upfiel...more "

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July 22

Nancy marked as to-read:
Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland (Paperback)
by Tim Pat Coogan
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Counsel for the Defense
by Jeffrey Ashford
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Nancy said: "The Counsel for the Defense in question is one David Adams, an attorney not doing so well in his field. He is called upon to defend three men who are unquestionably the criminals in a robbery of 15,000 pounds; he knows it and one of the defendants a...more "

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The Hell Fire Clubs (Paperback)
by Geoffrey Ashe
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Nancy said: "In Rabelais' work Gargantua (which sadly, I have not yet read, but just ordered after reading this) , there is a section in which the author imagines a Utopian "abbey," named Theleme; the only rule of living there is "Do what you will...more "

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July 20

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Turnstone (Di Joe Faraday)
by Graham Hurley
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Malice in Cornwall: An Erskine Powell Mystery (Erskine Powell Mysteries)
by Graham Thomas
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The Pale Criminal (Paperback)
by Philip Kerr
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