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Thank you! Yes, well, there's time to read, and I get in moods where I get tired of one amusement and turn to another and back again.

If you like Maisie Dobbs, I think you'll like Perveen. I was happy that it showed Indian families in a more realistic light (sometimes supportive, sometimes not). I think often they are shown as conservative and uncaring and caste-ish. And the case is about Muslim widows in seclusion. So there is a lot I didn't know. But Perveen's story is sad but she is Very Competent :) and not a victim. I don't know. I liked it. And the author is a Indian woman from Baltimore.

Yes, that kind angel also posted a lot of Maigret, Ruth Rendell, and Wodehouse. He really is a blessing (until the copyright folks yank him).