The Moonstone and others of that Ilk

Before I had even written the word “ilk”, I began to wonder if it was really a word or if it was merely some literary slang that I had come across in my reading somewhere and I was about to use incorrectly.  But, thanks to those great on-line dictionaries like Wikipedia, one never has an [...]

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Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

A friend recently introduced me to this first book in the Amelia Peabody series, knowing my love for history and a good mystery.  This is one of those series that I wish I had heard about a long time ago.  Elizabeth Peters combines her knowledge of Egyptian archaeology and local lore with an exciting drama [...]

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