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Book Review of Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, Bk 8)

Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, Bk 8)
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This is probably my least favorite James' novel. I learned more about so many people, especially the unhappy ones, than I cared to. The book just seemed to go on and on about everyone. And why so many people with personal hangups? Aren't there any 'normal' people left in England?

Then, in a chapter toward the end, she introduces the weirdest episode. It is almost as if you were watching a old Sherlock Holmes movie, with Basil Rathbone in the lead, and it was progressing to the climax, when Holmes turns a corner and you see Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca! Your immediate reaction is "What the .....!"