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Two books completed:
"He Shall Thunder in the Sky" by Elizabeth Peters. The 12th book in the "Amelia Peabody" series of Egyptological mysteries. The First World War has broken out, and Cairo is a chaos, with rumours of a Turkish invasion and an uprising by agitators for Egyptian independence. Largely against their wishes, the Emerson family get caught up in the intrigue. Extremely good and highly recommended.
"Callahan's Lady" by Spider Robinson. Baen SF bought in 2001, although the SF elements in this particular book are fairly minor. The narrator of the book is a Brooklyn prostitute who unexpectedly finds herself working in "Lady Sally's" brothel, which attracts an unlikely range of customers. Good, but don't read it if fairly explicit sexual references would cause you offence.
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