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==Historical fiction==
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|author=Paul R Spiring and Hugh Cooke
|title=Wheels of Anarchy by Max Pemberton
|rating=4
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=This mystery-adventure book was written and published around 100 years ago. Will it stand the test of time? The back cover blurb says confidently that this '' adventure story ... makes James Bond look like a stay at home ...'' Before you get into the story proper there's quite a lot of information in the introductory pages. Some of it I did find interesting (the page about Max Pemberton and Sherlock Holmes for instance) but some readers may feel a little bogged down before they've even started to read chapter one. Both Pemberton and Holmes belonged to a small, elite criminology society in London. I got the impression that the two co-compilers felt as if they had to justify themselves somehow. I ploughed on ...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907685316</amazonuk>
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|author=Christina Courtenay