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Kismetology
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
The Mirror Lied: One Woman's 25-Year Struggle with Bulimia, Anorexia, Diet Pill Addiction, Laxative Abuse and Cutting.
Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet
Sisterland
Flora
The Old Curiosity Shop
The English Eccentrics
Death at Devil's Bridge
Charles and Kate Sheridan are back investigating murder, this time at a motorcar show and balloon race that Charles has been strong-armed into hosting. I found the journey in this book to be more entertaining than the solution. The look at the early years of the auto industry is entertaining-- maximum speed is a rollicking twelve miles per hour. Speed demons abound! This series also features cameos by historical figures: in this one we get a version of the first meeting between Charlie Rolls and Henry Royce. I've never managed to figure out why Charles puts up with his friend's car mania and irresponsibility, but that gives us the plot of the book, and it is entertaining enough.
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