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Book #11 was Prince of Fire, the 5th book in Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series. The back of the book reads: Few recent thriller writers have excited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has, with his novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon. Now Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation:
Read moreBook #10 was Maisie Dobbs, the first book in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. The back of the book reads: Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that
Read moreBook #9 was Birthright, by Nora Roberts. The back of the book reads: When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance. While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of death and misfortune
Read moreBook #8 was Tokyo Woes by Bruce Jay Friedman. The back of the book reads: Driving out one morning to get the newspaper, Mike Halsey is dismayed to find that the Redneck Deli is closed. So is the diner. It is clear that Mike has only one choice left — he drives to the airport and books himself onto a flight to Japan. What follows
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