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The last installment of a delicious story line

This was the last of three novels; I will say at this point: if you have not read the first two, put this down and go read the others--in order-- before you embark on this journey. The books can easily stand alone, each by itself, but reading them in order adds so much to the story. The characters are wonderfully delineated and each is an old friend by the time the reader reaches the terminal, so the story as it is told simply continues to the terminus as it started out.
The narrator is very well chosen for the entire series; her accent adds so much validity.
I cannot give any facts up, because to do so would give up not one book's plot, but the entire series. I simply must allow that I absolutely encourage any reader to digest the entire series. You will be delighted that you did!

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