Kittling: Books

  I'm so far behind in my book reviews that I didn't know where to start until I took a deep breath and realized that the best place...

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Title: Eye of the Red Tsar Author: Sam Eastland ISBN: 9780553807813, Bantam Books, 2010 Genre: Historical Mystery, #1 Inspector Pekkala myst...