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Clouds of Witness - very mild spoiler below.



I am so relieved for poor Mrs. Grimethorpe. I've been extremely worried we'd leave her in that goddamn bog with her husband (who should have met a bog a while back) but WHEEE SHE'S FREE AND BUYING BLACK AND LIKE WHATEVS DUKE-MAN I AM GOING HOME TO CORNWALL. Girl, do it in a post-chaise and four with matching bays, you deserve it.

Happy. So happy.

Also: adding belle à se suicider to femme fatale because French.



Startling Unnatural Death tomorrow and checking my budget for books for the month because I am charmed.
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From: [personal profile] venetia_sassy Date: 2018-12-11 07:45 am (UTC)
And she'll have a lovely blue scarf for happier days!
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From: [personal profile] toujours_nigel Date: 2018-12-11 08:23 am (UTC)
I was so relieved she brushed off the Duke when he tried awkwarding at her!

also I could send you the pdfs if you want
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From: [personal profile] princessofgeeks Date: 2018-12-11 12:42 pm (UTC)
I never tire of the Wimsey books.
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From: [personal profile] tozka Date: 2018-12-11 02:50 pm (UTC)
Yay, Wimsey!
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From: [personal profile] mrshamill Date: 2018-12-11 05:00 pm (UTC)
I knew you'd love Dorothy and couldn't believe you hadn't already read her.
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From: [personal profile] janne_d Date: 2018-12-11 08:51 pm (UTC)
Yes, that is a very satisfying resolution for Mrs Grimethorpe.

I can't remember where I read this, but DLS apparently had to be persuaded by her publishers to include the translation of Simone's letter - I believe that she was adamant that her readers wouldn't (or shouldn't?) need one! Fortunately for those of us who didn't study French, the publishers won. There's still plenty of untranslated French bits in her other books, but at least those are usually just a few lines and don't contain crucial resolutions of the plot!
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From: [personal profile] liz144 Date: 2018-12-12 02:05 am (UTC)
My new favorite way to find books on a budget has been local libraries' online databases. A lot of libraries out there have online rentals that are compatible with kindle/other e-readers, so you can just download whatever books they have available to your e-reader for two weeks. It's been a huge money and space-saver for me (a girl can only have so many bookshelves in a tiny apartment).

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