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Review to follow, but suffice to say it only just scraped 4 stars
And here is the review that followed. As numerous people have said before me, and I'm sure will continue to do so, "if only we had halves " . This would then be a solid 3.5 stars. As it is, it isn't 3, so it has to be 4 .
(As a complete aside before I continue, why is GR so awful on kindles when they are both Amazon ?? )
Ok, back to the book, there was nothing intrinsically wrong with it, it just never seemed to get going, and if I' ...more
And here is the review that followed. As numerous people have said before me, and I'm sure will continue to do so, "if only we had halves " . This would then be a solid 3.5 stars. As it is, it isn't 3, so it has to be 4 .
(As a complete aside before I continue, why is GR so awful on kindles when they are both Amazon ?? )
Ok, back to the book, there was nothing intrinsically wrong with it, it just never seemed to get going, and if I' ...more
Maybe I'm going soft, but I'm getting fonder of Ngaio Marsh and her upper class sleuth, Roderick Alleyn!
This book makes it clear I've been pronouncing his name wrong all these years. It's Allen not Al-laine. & he is enjoying a holiday in Marsh's native New Zealand.Members of the Incorporated Playhouses acting troup offer Alleyne a seat in their train carriage. They are all on their way to the fictitious town of Middleton, near Ohakune in the centre of the North Island..
This book makes it clear I've been pronouncing his name wrong all these years. It's Allen not Al-laine. & he is enjoying a holiday in Marsh's native New Zealand.Members of the Incorporated Playhouses acting troup offer Alleyne a seat in their train carriage. They are all on their way to the fictitious town of Middleton, near Ohakune in the centre of the North Island..
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