Dim Sum of All Fears (2018) by Vivien Chien

 

🥟 Following Vivien Chien's debut series of Death by Dumpling, which was okay. I have bigger expectation for the second book, but unfortunately, this has been a little off for me. Our sleuth, Lana Lee, has plan for her future career, which does not involve waiting tables at the family restaurant of Ho Lee Noodle House, located in the Asian Village business complex. However, just days before her coming interview at a professional office, her parents announced that they would go to Taiwan visiting an ailing old aunt. And, they wanted Lana to be in charge of the restaurant, instead of her sister Anna May, who's studying for her law school - which is more important than Lana's current idle existence. And so, like a dutiful Asian child, she relented.

🥟 Lana has just been befriended another bookworm like herself. A few months ago, a newlywed couple opened a souvenir store next door, and the wife has been a kind and gentle person, with whom Lana liked to book-shopping with. However, a terrible thing happened; one night the couple was brutally murdered inside their shop. So, once again, Lana couldn't stop herself from meddling and snooping into the murder case; intending to find the murderer of such a kind woman who was her friend. Of course, her new boyfriend, Detective Adam Trudeau, scolded her for snooping, but how can she resisted anyway? Not when 

🥟 First of all, there's too many dramas around the sleuthing. And I always hate drama! Well, a few dramas to spice up is still okay, but in this case, a lot of Lana's sleuthing came from these dramas. The dead husband turned out to have not one, but two ex wives (and possibly one ex-lover - I have lost count). And 'miraculously' these ex wives, as well as the wife's sister, suddenly wanted to have heart-to-heart conversations with Lana. That must have been every detective's dream, I guess. I still can't imagine how strangers would want to speak with a friend of the deceased (after a murder, no less). And they even answered some of Lana's questions, which would have seemed suspicious to normal people. But there you are. These ex wives even turned tantrums at times. :( Maybe too many women in a crime story is a bad idea after all!

🥟 What I would have expected from this second book of the series, are, first, more noodle dishes to be mentioned, in particular the dim sum that the writer put in the title. Where is the dim sum?! And secondly, I would love to see more of Adam Trudeau, the detective, in the investigation, rather than only as possible boy friend to the sleuth, and who would later on appear when she was in danger, saved her, while saying: I've-told-you-not-to-snoop-look-what-you've-done' kind of thing. Which what I assumed to have happened, because - a confession - I ditched the book right after the murderer was revealed. I lost interest of the final outcome. So, that's how this series turned up for me. A promising one at first, but unfortunately, a disappointing sequel. Another series I won't continue in the future. If only Vivien Chien had put some dim sums into it, I would probably change my mind, because I love noodles and dim sums, and that had been my reason of picking this series in the first place.

Rating: ⭐⭐1/2

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Cooking with Fernet Branca (2004) by James Hamilton-Paterson

 

🍷 Imagine reading a P.D. Wodehouse, but move the setting to Tuscany, then reduce the usual slapstick moments - just a tiny bit, and add a lot of cooking and unusual recipes - there, you'll get Cooking with Fernet Branca. The story revolve around two foreign neighbors in a secluded hilltop cottages in Tuscany. Both the rather snobbish English man Gerald Samper, and the Voynovian (a crime-riddled ex-Soviet Republic country) Marta, had bought their cottages from the same agent, who promised them both that they could live peacefully. A promise, which, with time, proved to be broken. Through a series of misunderstandings and, a Wodehousian miss-timing, the two neighbors found themselves struggled to maintain harmony.

🍷 Gerald "Gerry" Samper is a ghostwriter in need of a secluded place to write about the lives of celebrities - from sportsman to boyband singer. When he's in a foul mood, Samper turns to experimental cooking - creating eccentric dishes - with questionable delectability - with unusual ingredient-pairings. Indeed, one time, when he heard someone said "cats among the pigeons", Samper literally thought of cooking with cat's and pigeon's meat. Ugh! He even "shares" some of his recipes in the book. One particular ingredient that later on becomes his staple is Fernet Branca, a distinctive liquor first introduced by his new neighbor, Marta. Marta is a songwriter, who is currently hired by a famous Italian movie director named Pacini. When the unlikely neighbors first met, both thought the other ridiculous persons who's bragging about his/her profession. And these 'misunderstandings' continually formed hilarious moments throughout the book.

🍷 What makes this book more distinctive, is the structure. The story is told from both Gerald and Marta's point of view. They told it alternately, describing most of the scenes from their perspectives. While Gerald's parts are mostly read like a diary with additional cooking recipes, Marta's contains of diary and letters to her sister. From these, we gather little by little of her social and familial background, which spices up the story a bit. I won't describe the plot in details, for not spoiling it for you, because the comedic quality of this book depends on the plot and timing. In short, it's a delightful and hilarious book, with quirky characters, more quirky dishes, and with the rural Tuscany summer vibes - sprinkled with tiny glimpses of the glamourous world of celebrities, movie making, and helicopters.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2

A Single Thread (2019) by Tracy Chevalier

 

🧵 I always love reading historical fictions about cathedral. Ken Follet's The Pillars of the Earth has started it all; I have read it twice so far, and my favorite part isn't the drama, but the cathedral. It has become a character in itself. One the other hand, Tracy Chevalier is one of my all time favorite historical fiction writers. Her Girl with a Pearl Earring is on another level; she is a tremendous writer, and I love her themes, which is usually around art or craft. A Single Thread even combines two of these - art and craft - as its main theme: embroidery and bell ringing. Both are related to the cathedral, and they have similarity too; both produce something that people might disregard as mere accessories in their worship and prayers. However, both need precision and focus in order to produce something beautiful. And the people who work on it took their efforts seriously, it's not a mere pastimes or hobby, but more of a second career. 

🧵 In the 1930s of Winchester, there are women who dedicated their times and energies to gather every Tuesday and Thursday night to embroider kneelers, bench cushions, alms bags, etc. They formed an embroidery club, and each has her own task to embroider. The end product would then be presented during a mass, and would be placed in the cathedral. Violet Speedwell, a spinster of thirty eight years old, was  the newest member. After losing, first her brother, then her fiancé during WWI, Violet has been living alone with her forever-criticizing mother. And when she's having had enough, she moved out from her home, and worked as typist for insurance company in Winchester. On one of her strolls, she entered the cathedral, and joined the embroidery club.

🧵 The embroidery club wasn't the only one Violet found in the cathedral. She became fascinated by the bell-ringers, especially the one called Arthur Knight - a sixty year old man, whose wife had been suffering from losing their only son in the WW1. The bell-ringers added more charm to this story, besides the main attraction of the embroidery club. Church bell is something you'd never think much of. You just hear it, and know someone - or some people - must have rung them on certain hour. But who would think bell ringing is such an intricate operation that needed focus, discipline, and dedication of a group of people? That the bells weren't just pulled at randomly, but forming some intricate patterns to produce a beautiful and harmonious sound? Both the broderers (that's what women who embroidered were called) and the bell-ringers were wonderful people who dedicated their time and efforts for the glory of God, and I really admired them.

🧵 Besides these themes, the story is also layered with more serious stuffs like freedom (and the lack of), independence, forbidden love, and rebellion (from convention). Like many other women post WW1, Violet could be put into the 'surplus woman' category. Neither she nor her family, or the society, knew what must be done for her future. For example, she couldn't go out alone, or else people (men) would either frown upon her, or worse, turn violent towards her. When she's going out with Arthur (okay, a married man, but surely one could go for lunch with one's friend without harm?), people gossiped. But when Violet befriended Gilda and Dorothy - fellow broderers who loved each other - people scorned at her. The 1930s was surely hell for single women to live in, for sure!

🧵 Like all Tracy Chevalier's I've read before, A Single Thread also started very slow. But that's what I liked from Chevalier. She put efforts in setting the atmosphere, then letting us readers to be immersed into the world she created, and lived with the characters, feeling both their triumphs and struggles. Although I didn't agree with Violet's act of rebellion - I think she put herself in a more vulnerable position than before - I could understand her frustration; her longing of total freedom. In a state of under-pressured, one could make reckless decision. I think that's what Violet had done. Anyway, this has been a lovely read. Though not as cheerful as you might expect, the arts of embroidery and bell-ringing are quite entertaining; not mentioning the atmosphere around the cathedral. I don't think I would listen to church bell quite the same way after this, although nowadays, there's only one bell and one ringer (at least at my local cathedral). But still, I don't think I would take the sound for granted any more.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Evening Class (1996) by Maeve Binchy

 

🛵 Reading Maeve Binchy's is always a blissful moment. Well, this is only my second read (the first one is Scarlet Feather - a lovely one), but I know I can always count on Maeve Binchy's whenever I need a soothing and delightful reading. This one is no exception. If book is food, this has been a scrumptious dessert. The good news is, Binchy's are always a long reading (usually more than 400 pages), and she's a prolific writer. Meaning that I can never run out of Maeve Binchy's whenever I need one.

🛵 Evening Class is about some dozen of Irish people, whose lives seemed to be on a dead end, and then found relieves after joining an evening class on Italian. Each chapter telling the story of one character after another, how he or she ended up joining the evening class. Interestingly, their lives are intertwined with one or some of the other characters. The story then reached a climax when all the class joined up on a dream trip to... of course... Italy. A good structure, in my opinion, so that even when there are (too) many characters involved, the story never feels disjointed. 🛵 It all begins with a Latin teacher in the Mountainview College called Aidan Dunne. What with a failing marriage - that made him stranger in his own house - and a dead-end career, his only indulgence is in everything Italian - a subject very dear to his heart. Luckily, the teacher who became the new principle (the position Aidan had been certain were to be his) fell in love with Aidan's daughter, and to help her father from humiliation, he offered Aidan chance to propose anything he felt worth for the college. Hence, the idea of an evening class, subjecting to Italian course. The teacher recruited was another 'lost' soul. Nora O'Donoghue - everybody calls her Signora - is a spinster. She's been living in Italy, following the love of her life - who ended up marrying another woman, following his family's choice. She lived alone near this man's home for years, until the man died, and she was asked to go away. 🛵 Bitter and penniless, but with a loving nature and love for Italy, Signora is the perfect teacher for the evening class. The students love her, with her childish eccentricity and mystery. She transforms the Italian course into a fun adventure, every Tuesday and Thursday evening. They don't just learn about language, but also the food, art, culture, etc. Signora's lifelong passion for Italy really made the class sparks with joy. The students - thirty of them - consist of people from various background. One of them had been involved with shady activities; another had been in a disastrous marriage; while the other had a shock of a huge scale. They have one thing in common though, a struggle and unhappiness in life. The evening class helps lightening up the burden, and little by little, it becomes their source of happiness. The evening class, in one way or another, had been catalyst for happier changes to all of them.
🛵 I loved everything about this book. The writing is obvious - Maeve Binchy was a marvelous writer who could always tell stories that pull us into it. Once you start a chapter, you wouldn't be able to put it down. The characters are mostly relatable, although there were too many of them that some of them weren't developed enough. But the star character here, which I only realized near the end, was Signora. And hers' happened to be my favorite storyline of all. I loved, too, the Italian side of the story. Their visit to Italy was the 'star of the show' for me; the vibes permeated the last part of the story. What a delicious, charming book, that I could enjoy to the last drop!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Six Degrees of Separation, from A Gothic Classic to A Historical Mystery

Six Degrees of Separation is a monthly meme, now hosted by Kate @ books are my favorite and best. On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book. This month, for a change, we are starting from a book I have actually read:

0. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

I read Wuthering Heights fifteen years ago - here's my review in Bahasa Indonesia, if you care to read - and this has always been one of those universally-beloved-but-I-hate books. Wuthering Heights is a Gothic tale of 'unhealthy' passionate love and tragedy, between Heatcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. It was set in a bleak Yorkshire moors, and though some put this into 'romance' category, there's nothing romantic in it. To this day I fail to understand why people love it, but that's that. There are such books that always bring mixed emotion to the readers - either you adore it or hate it. And that instantly reminded me of similar reaction I have had to this book in the next chain....

1. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Also a book that falls to my category of universally-beloved-but-I-hate, Murder on the Orient Express is often daubed as most favorite mystery from Agatha Christie. Indeed, it has become one of the The Guardians' Top Ten Agatha Christie Mysteries. I have first read it during school years - not liking it - and then reread it in 2020 (just to see if I'd like it a bit more) - but still not liking it; I even hated it. You can see why in my review. Beware of the spoiler though - if you haven't read it yet - but I have placed a spoiler alert for you, don't worry. This was one of those crime novels which are set on trains, which are almost always fascinating. Another one which I liked much more is....

2. The Wheel Spins by Edna Lina White

Set mostly on a train, this is a psychological thriller about an innocent young girl who boarded a train, befriended a spinster, to find the next day that her fellow passenger was missing. On a train which didn't stop anywhere, and no other passengers seemed to have noticed the missing woman. Was it only the girl's imagination, or something sinister was going on? Whatever it was, she's alone who can solve it. You can read my complete review here.
Helpless heroine in thriller always promises a good read. So, here's another one from the queen of thriller...

3. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

Caroline is the helpless heroine in this thriller. Ten years after her brother was missing, his name was linked to the murder of a missing girl. So, Caroline determined now to seek the truth about his missing (is he still alive? or...) and to clear her brother's name. Quite a nice thriller! Here's my complete review. I don't know about you, but for me, books with interrogative sentence titles always piqued my interest. And so, here's another book in that category, but of different genre...

4. How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

This is a wonderful use of interrogative sentence title in a philosophical novel. It's a nice lecture on life for middle-graders, packed in a fun way, without making it boring. Excerpt from my review: "One day Copper and his Uncle are on top roof of Ginza, looking down on the busy street of Tokyo. At that moment Copper realized how tiny his existence was, just like a single molecule within the wide world. And that's when his Uncle starts writing a letter-like notes to Copper in a notebook. His topic ranges from science (Coppernicus - that's whom Copper got his nickname from), philosophy, ethics, to culture (Buddhism) and history (Napoleon)." And this is the complete version, if you're interested. Genzaburo Yoshino wrote this book in response to a friend's request - job offer, really - of editing ethics textbook series for younger readers. Since he thought such book would be too boring, hence this novelized version.

5. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie

Death Comes as the End was also Agatha Christie's work in response to a friend's request. It's more of a challenge from her friend to write a mystery in Ancient Egypt (2000 BC), while the friend provided facts and knowledge of the daily household and cultural background. You can read my review here. And what would be a better way to end the chain than with another mystery book set in Egypt?

6. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Excerpt from my review: "First of all, there are no crocodile involved in this light mystery, set in Victorian era. 'Crocodile on the sand bank' was a jargon used by Egyptian locals to indicate that a problem is underfoot. When thirty something spinster of Amelia Peabody - an unorthodox English woman, intelligent, and independent - decided to have a long journey to Cairo, she's never expected that any 'crocodile' would be on her sand bank." Here's the link to the complete review. And so, the chain started with a gothic classic, and ended up with a historical light mystery. Have you read any of the books? And if you do Six Degrees of Separation, what book you ended up with?

Death Around the Bend (2017) by T.E. Kinsey

 

🏁 Having been through four books in this Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, a historical cozy mystery series by T.E. Kinsey, I can say it now for certain, that this is, by far, my most favorite in the sub genre. In case you're not very familiar with it, this cozy mystery is set in the early 1900s, where Lady Hardcastle and her lady's maid Florence Armstrong are the amateur sleuths. They have become inseparable and an unconventional pair before the series began, having met dangerous escapade in the past - the past that we did not know all the detail when starting the series, but which were unfolding throughout the series - a little in the first, a bit more in the second, and so on. What makes this duo most interesting is their relationship - companionable but with due respect. They live in a small village of Littleton Cotterell, and are usually assisting Inspector Sunderland - who becomes their friend - investigating local murder cases.

🏁 In this book, however, Lady Hardcastle and Flo are invited to the country estate of a Lord Riddlethorpe, who had been building a motor racing company. There will be motor racing and parties, and it would have been a jolly time for both ladies - who've been having fun with riding car - had there not been a series of murders. This time Lady Hardcastle and Flo couldn't work together with the charming Inspector Sunderland - though he still assists them in little ways. Instead, they're dealing with a surly police officer who arrested people without enough evidence. The first murder happened in the midst of excitement of the first day of the race. Lord Riddlethorpe owns three racing cars, and there's another one brought by a guest. The car number three had been tampered with, crashed, and killed the driver. 🏁 And so began the snooping and sleuthing for Lady Hardcastle and Flo. They're snooping at the garage (and found how the racing car must have been tampered, but by whom? And why?), and they are 'recruiting' a lazy footman to do more snooping. Flo herself mingles with the servants, and listens to things. The murderer must be one someone staying in the house. Is it Lord Riddlethorpe (but that is foolish, isn't it?), or Lady Lavinia, his sister? Or one of the guests - Harry (Lady Hardcastle's brother), Mrs. Beddows (a bullying woman), Herr Kovacs (Lord Riddlethorpe's competitor), Miss Titmus (a timid young woman, school friend of Lady Lavinia and Mrs. Beddows, who loves photography), or Mr. Waterford (a racing expert and partner of Lord Riddlethorpe)? The motive is surely related to the car racing, or is it? 🏁 As usual, the book begins in leisurely pace, Lady Hardcastle and Flo's usual bantering and teasing, then their visit to Lord Riddlethorpe's, the exciting car racing and summer parties ahead. Then suddenly a murder took place, then a second one, and the atmosphere changed into a gloomy and more intense one. Lady Hardcastle and Flo are gathering titbits of evidences and suspicions, but they haven't got any clue of the whats and whos. Until very suddenly, something clicked, and Lady Hardcastle instantly knew the answer, saw the immediate danger of another would-be victim, and the actions and denouement which follow. In the end, it proved to be a very delightful cozy mystery to read - lighthearted and sometimes funny at the start, but full of thrills and actions in the end. The plot is a good one too, with the final twist. I couldn't guess the murderer (which is always a sign of a good mystery). I also loved how Kinsey always puts in a bit of revelations of Lady Hardcastle's or Flo's pasts. In this one, we learned more about Flo's childhood - her circus life, and she had entered it, very interesting. Last but not least, there's the motor racing! As a former F1 lover, I cherished the racing scene near the end - that would cement this book as one of my favorites from the series! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2

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Book Tour: Murder at the Homecoming (2026) by Merryn Allingham (Flora Steele Mystery #13)

It’s my stop today on Murder at the Homecoming by Merryn Allingham Books on Tour. Many thanks to Sarah Hardy of Bookouture for the invite, and for NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this delightful book. My blog has somehow been slipped out of the poster - a technical glitch, I'm sure - but I'm doing the stop as I have promised, anyway. So, here it is... 📚 About the Book

Amidst the smell of sherry trifle and the sound of lively music, the guests raise their glasses. But as a loud scream interrupts the toast, amateur detectives Flora and Jack Carrington learn that not everyone is in the party spirit… Sussex, 1960: Flora and Jack are delighted to be invited to the welcome party for Ambrose Finch’s long-lost son, finally back home after disappearing ten years ago. They’re eager to meet the young man they’ve heard so much about – and perhaps learn why he left in the first place… But when Ambrose’s maid goes to fetch the cake from the kitchen, her screams interrupt his big toast. Flora and Jack are horrified to find the cook hired for the occasion lying unmoving on the flagstone floor. The sickly-sweet smell of cyanide is their only clue, but the poor cook had no enemies. There are plenty at the party who do, though: Ambrose’s new secretary, Robin – at war with his former employer, a fellow guest – and his business rival, Chester, whose appearance at the party is suspicious in itself. Ambrose seems to have drafted the guest list to cause maximum conflict. But why? the poison intended for someone else? Flora and Jack can’t resist investigating, in an afterparty they never saw coming… And when another of Ambrose’s employees is found dead, they must work out why all roads lead back to the Finch family. But can they uncover whose past sins have come home to roost, before it’s too late? An utterly charming and completely page-turning cozy mystery novel filled with brilliant twists. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and J.R. Ellis.

📚 My Thoughts Here we are, returning to the beloved village of Abbeymead in the 1960s of Sussex, and to Flora and Jack Carrington, now in their fifth year of marriage bliss. As usual, the story picked up where we left in the previous book. The School House, which Jack had been keen on buying, but Flora was still reluctant to move on, becomes the current crime scene. One of the last events of the last book had been Ambrose Finch's delightful moment when a detective he hired had been successfully located the prodigal son, Lucas Finch, who left his father's house ten years ago. It was his homecoming celebration which becomes the opening of this book. Lucas Finch had been staying in Rome, Italy, when the detective (his name is Gotobed - what a name!) found him. Almost every one in Abbeymead are invited to the homecoming party, including Flora and Jack. However, the merry occasion soon become a grim one, when the hired cook (Alice Jenner's friend) suddenly collapsed - dead, after accidentally drinking a poisoned amaretto, served for the guests. Who was it intended to be? And what was the motive? Suspects are aplenty in this case, since Ambrose Finch had actually invited several - let's say people who'd had grudges to either himself and Robin Armitage, his secretary. There was a sort of reconciliation dinner preceding the party, which was intended to enable all the previous 'enemies' to bury their hatchets. Has one of them been attending the party while planning to commit a murder? While Inspector Ridley is busy investigating another murder of a more influential personage, the poisoning of a hired cook is threatening to be sidetracked. But the cook was Alice Jenner's best friend, and her murder needs to be solved. That's why, despite her usual disapproval against Flora and Jack's sleuthing activities, Alice asked Jack to investigate. The same request comes from Robin Armitage's fiancée, who believes that the poison had been intended for him. This time I suspected something fishy right from the start, and guessed the murderer so easily around the middle of the story. I was surprised that Flora and Jack haven't thought about it long before. The signs are flying everywhere waiting to be noticed, but both are ignoring them all the time, and focusing their mind on (too) many conjectures, instead. With Jack's profession as crime writer, and Flora's fondness of detective stories, I would have thought they'd be sharper in their deduction. This had, after all, been their thirteenth sleuthing adventure! What I loved about this series, is Charlie Teague's continuing character development. He's still helping Flora delivering books around, riding Betty (Flora's old beloved bicycle), when he's not very busy in The Priory's kitchen as cook helper. He's been even attending a patisserie course in London, after which he would be in the path of being a pastry chef. Well done, Charlie! But in this case, in particular, I loved how Charlie was made a hero after averting a dangerous scheme against his beloved Mr. and Mrs. C. To be honest, I have been expecting Charlie to be the Albert in Agatha Chirstie's Tommy and Tuppence. He's funny and intelligent, and is more down-to-earth than Albert. Well, it's my personal wish anyway. On the contrary, I was more and more annoyed with Alice Jenner. What kind of a friend was it who asked you a favor to do something, and then scolded you of doing it? If I were Flora, I would not befriend someone who wouldn't even try to support what I love to do. But I guess that's easier said than done, especially when one lives in a small village like Abbeymead. All in all, the mystery isn't as exciting as I had hoped, but the side story and character development compensate it. The ending is full of hope for a more exciting future, and we get a hint of where the next murder would be happening! ;) Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📚 About the Author

Merryn taught university literature for many years, and it took a while to pluck up the courage to begin writing herself. Bringing the past to life is a passion and her historical fiction includes Regency romances, wartime sagas and timeslip novels, all of which have a mystery at their heart. As the books have grown darker, it was only a matter of time before she plunged into crime with a cosy crime series set in rural Sussex against the fascinating backdrop of the 1950s. Merryn lives in a beautiful old town in Sussex with her husband and one last cat, Bluebell. When she’s not writing, she tries to keep fit with adult ballet classes and plenty of walking. 📚 Social Media & Buying Link Mailing List: https://bookouture.com/subscribe/merryn-allingham Website: https://www.merrynallingham.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MerrynWrites Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/merrynwrites Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8364492.Merryn_Allingham Here's the link to get a copy of this book: Amazon: https://geni.us/B0FP2K5DL6social

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