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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime (Poor Relation, #2)
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a mainly charming but very slim trifle let down by an annoyingly rushed, perfunctory climax.
spinster turned hotelier turned jewelry thief Miss Tonks: a delight!
nobleman turned highway robber turned ardent lover Lord Eston: a delight!
debutante turned runaway turned fun-loving spy Cassandra Blessop: a delight!
a supporting cast full of wily retirees and gold-diggers and snobs: a delight!
smooth but uninteresting prose; a pleasant, shallow, fun story with occasional moments of surprising depth; a pace that is, for the most part, perfectly brisk; two or three set pieces that created several smiles.
an ending that felt like the author needed to hurry up and put all the pieces together before her tea turned cold.
spinster turned hotelier turned jewelry thief Miss Tonks: a delight!
nobleman turned highway robber turned ardent lover Lord Eston: a delight!
debutante turned runaway turned fun-loving spy Cassandra Blessop: a delight!
a supporting cast full of wily retirees and gold-diggers and snobs: a delight!
smooth but uninteresting prose; a pleasant, shallow, fun story with occasional moments of surprising depth; a pace that is, for the most part, perfectly brisk; two or three set pieces that created several smiles.
an ending that felt like the author needed to hurry up and put all the pieces together before her tea turned cold.
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Reading Progress
February 22, 2017
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Started Reading
February 22, 2017
– Shelved
February 24, 2017
– Shelved as:
fog-and-gears
February 24, 2017
– Shelved as:
into-the-past
February 24, 2017
– Shelved as:
romantica
February 24, 2017
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Finished Reading
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Mar 01, 2017 08:33PM
Was this really published in 1993? Or is it a reprint of 19th century doggerel?
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really published in 1993!
mark wrote: "really published in 1993!"The cover is so quaint!
it is an adorable cover
I like the titles that give away half the plot before you even open the book.
drowningmermaid wrote: "Was this really published in 1993? Or is it a reprint of 19th century doggerel?"Ha! This author is also M.C. Beaton.
Sara: thank you!Mwanamali: fortunately Miss Tonks plans to turn to thieving within the first chapter!
Miriam: hello!
Hello! We're both hanging in there, reading and not dead yet.
It is, sometimes. There but for the grace of, and all that.
MC Beaton--and about a dozen other pseudonyms. One wonders how she has time to eat, sleep, and shower.
Insomnia? Crystal meth? Indentured writer-servants?
Miriam wrote: "Insomnia? Crystal meth? Indentured writer-servants?"LOL!! What here in Europe we call "black hands"...the ones who do the work in the shadows so the bigwig academics can pay them chicken feed and take all the credit.
