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Originally Posted by HarryT
What does "second to last" actually mean? That there's the "first to last" after it, and then the last, or that there's only the last following it  ?
To answer your question, though, there are 11 books in the series. See:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/harry-kemelman/ |
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Originally Posted by sufue
I actually meant the latter, but I see the ambiguity! Guess penultimate would have been definitive.  |
Maybe it's an "Americanism" but I use the term "second to last" all the time. The second book in a series is second after the first and "second to last" is the second counting back from the last.
Oh, and thanks! I have only read one other book in the series, but I really liked it, so I got it!