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Marvellous! On its way to returning to five star praise for Anne Perry from me!

I note a strategy in which a terrible crime is repeated, before Thomas & Charlotte and their peers have enough information to solve it. Most crime authors use it, I imagine. How suspects are affected and unaffected hones in on the right one. The social issues into which Anne Perry casts great light of compassion are different. We love her regular characters so much that we always relish new outings with them all.

I note a strategy in which a terrible crime is repeated, before Thomas & Charlotte and their peers have enough information to solve it. Most crime authors use it, I imagine. How suspects are affected and unaffected hones in on the right one. The social issues into which Anne Perry casts great light of compassion are different. We love her regular characters so much that we always relish new outings with them all.

In every book wonderful care exudes poignantly about social issues that took eons for London, England to fix. Anne Perry blends real concerns into sometimes grim mysteries that are exciting. They are balanced by a personal touch; solved by a loveable police investigator and his extended, class-varied, compassionate family of friends.

Yay! This has become riveting and I eagerly turn each page until I have to sleep. Thankfully the subpar translator, whose strength was obviously not English, interpreted especially beautiful and meaningful descriptions and character's thoughts very well. Scholastic Books didn't name anyone in 1966. I will seek a good translator of "10,000 Leagues Under The Sea", who will presumably be named.

Now this is getting good. But that guide needs to get a personality and why they need him in the extinct volcano is beyond me. No one except one other person had been to the centre of the earth and the protagonist and his uncle are minerologists and geologists. Hans was merely one more person to carry water and seldom conceived of any ideas.

The characters wonder (well, the professor and his geology and mineral enthusiast nephew) if they took a wrong turn. They seem to be rising. Shouldn't they be descending? The guide is likeable only in not having a negative demeanour. I wonder if he solely gives the appearance of being agreeable. He plods like an automaton without passion, fear, opinion, or eagerness and is no conversationalist.

Less about what a stupid temper the uncle has and what a tool the protagonist, Henry, is for not standing up to him. His daugther, whom Henry disgustingly wishes to marry, is intrigued to go on a journey to the center of the earth but "is not a man" in 1864. Henry is horrified at the thought of humans attempting this but allows himself to be dragged. I especially need context for obtaining that book with the clue.

This is not going to get high marks due to some exaggerated and downright inappropriate sections. However no one denies that Clive can spin a yarn, with great originality from what I see by outing #2. This sequel, released as his first novel in 1973, is a necessary piece to his series that I am glad to finally acquire. I expected the stories to improve, from sheer modernity and practice and have read that they do.

Wonderful! The easiest five stars I am going to give. This man, Philip, thinks like I do and that warms my heart. No life, not even a rat and her infants, is disposable or should fail to be respected and considered a life worth saving.

Wonderful and it is just as much about cats as this precious, angelic dog!

My youngest brother bought this for me a few years ago and I have looked forward to reading it. It is as much about the needs, respect, love, and appreciation of cats as much as it is about the care, intelligence, and intuition of Ginny, the dog and Philip the veteran. This is a time in my life for love, care, compassion, and indulging myself in positive things I have looked forward to.

Oh, why do people describe things incorrectly? This was not the "best book with all the clue-solving I wish for" that people make it out to be! There was one clue to solve and not a riveting one. The rest pertains to incidents occuring in an apartment building. How do people compare this to the "Mr. Penumbra" mysteries? There are not at all alike! How misleading! Fortunately this is memorable in its own right.

I will be breezing through the lovely Nancy Atherton's eleventh mystery:
"Aunt Dimity And The Deep Blue Sea". How nice and unexpected that it is set in Scotland.

Hm, I am finding the focus of these pretty pages too much about famous people who visited it. I was sure it would comprise close-up photographs of some of its flowers, trees, and plants as well as wide vistas. It is long and full of text, so perhaps such dear flower portraits are forthcoming.

Awesome! Beautiful! Determination to keep the natural history!