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PennyK

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20. Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 10:43 AM
Apr 2018

It's a James Bond, authorized by the Fleming estate, and it takes place right after Goldfinger. I'm hoping that some of that Horowitz humor will enlighten the Bond macho-osity. So far, not bad.
I just finished Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear. Another period young woman detective, and it wasn't bad, but one of the main characters, our heroine's mentor, was barely fleshed out, and there was not one whit of humor or lightness in the book. I get that WWI wasn't a fun time in England, but this is one series I will not be continuing with.

I downloaded Libby, to borrow ebooks from my library, and listened to some audiobook samples. Me like! I'll definitely go for it when I get my eye surgery (which it turns out will be covered by insurance -- I have ptosis, a stretching out of the eyelid muscles).

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