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Daily Archives: January 11, 2012
REVIEW: Behold, Here’s Poison – Georgette Heyer
(House of Stratus 2001, originally published 1936) This is one of my favourites of Georgette Heyer’s mystery novels, since the characters are delightful and the plot ingenious. Like many of her crime novels, however, she doesn’t entirely play fair with … Continue reading →
