![]() ![]() In the story, Jamie and Ian get involved in some local intrigue that involves money, some sexy prostitutes, and Spanish Jews, so you can imagine it’s both a jaunty tale, and a little uncomfortable. Jamie’s backstory is being filled in a little, and you might recall he tells Claire a little about his time in France long before he met her. Jamie and Ian (old Ian, well young old Ian) are in France, and among other things, we are fresh from Jamie’s severe lashing that shocked his father into some kind of medical event. ![]() In addition, I think this novella, like a lot of the novellas are probably meant to fill in backstory more than to be read first, as happens with a lot of similar books and stories I’ve come across, especially in genre fiction. This is a reread for me, but when I read it last time, the plot of the first novel and, worse, the characters were not fresh on my mind. “Ian Murray knew the moment he saw his best friend’s face something terrible had happened.” ![]()
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