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Recent reads:
"The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog", by Elizabeth Peter. The 7th book is the "Amelia Peabody" series of Egyptological mysteries. An attack of Amelia's husband, Professor Emerson, leaves him with amnesia, and no memory of his marriage to her. Amelia takes him back to Amarma, the place where they originally met, to try restore his memory, but a series of mysterious events ensure. Excellent and great fun, as always in this series. Very highly recommended!
"Star Guard" by Andre Norton; the first half of the "Star Soldiers" omnibus. Originally bought from Baen a very long time ago. Norton's books tend to be rather formulaic, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which tells the story of a group of human mercenaries on an alien world. Recommended.
"The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham. I've been waiting for the ebook release of this first book in the "Campion" series for years, because I always like to read a series in order, and it was worth the wait. A thoroughly-enjoyable classic "English Country House" murder mystery. Campion only appears as a fairly minor character in this book, whose "detective" is a pathologist, Dr George Abbershaw, who is a guest at the house party. Highly recommended.
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