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I was disappointed with the author's The Last Kashmiri Rose, the first work in a series different from the one to which this book belongs. I thought this one a better read but with the same weaknesses. Again, though not to the same degree, I thought the characters shallow and the dialog stilted, artificial. The plot was decent and the references to classical mythology and Minoan culture interesting.
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Barbara Cleverly has begun another adventure, this time with Laetitia Talbot who wants to "rock" the archaeology world and does a good job. Very good read.