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Catsalive
Sep 30, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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More thriller than mystery, or maybe an action adventure; it certainly has the most violent & shocking beginning of the series so far. It begins with a peaceful scene in a cabbage tree grove where Bony has made camp "with contentment bordering on ecstasy", and suddenly erupts into horror as his location is bombed, then another is dropped onto a moving vehicle, killing those inside.

Although the perpetrator is easily known, this is a really tough case for Bony to bring to resolution because of the
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