{"id":1811,"date":"2010-06-22T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:12:02","slug":"the-book-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1811","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Book of Murder<\/em> (2007) Guillermo Martinez<\/a> translated by Sonia Soto<\/p>\n

As much as I enjoyed The Oxford Murders<\/em>, I found The Book of Murder<\/em> to be thoroughly disappointing.
\nRating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Penguin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Book of Murder (2007) Guillermo Martinez translated by Sonia Soto As much as I enjoyed The Oxford Murders, I found The Book of Murder to be thoroughly disappointing. 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