There are a couple of books I’ve read so much I practically have them memorised, so they don’t present any surprises. As you say, it’s much chancier to revisit books that haven’t been read in years. I always read the same three Heyers so I wanted to branch out, but past me glossed over a lot of stuff with this one.…

You didn’t miss anything. The whole book is just a setup for the final scene and the heroine wasn’t particularly interesting.

Urgh that is what I thought, then.

I just finished Georgette Heyer’s The Unknown Ajax and it was a lot worse than I remembered. It used to be one of my favourites, but I’d forgot that the two main characters (and therefore the romantic pairing) are first cousins. I usually enjoy Heyer’s comedic secondary characters, but in this book I found them…

Best of luck.

I’m afraid I already know what jerk off pepperoni is but part of me wants to ask anyway.

She doesn’t save humanity because she’s got a son! Humanity saving’s a man’s job!

And the cheese! What part of a woman’s body is the cheese?

How can she be strong if she isn’t strong for her children?!

I don’t know what’s less plausible: the incredible prison shiv sharpness of that broom handle, the likelihood that Wonder Woman moonlights at a deli (with a wicked good employee discount), or that the ham that represents the butt is sugar cured.

Hmmm. It’s almost like the woman is only allowed to be strong enough so that the man looks even better when he saves her. Or when she’s got a kid to look after, because momma bears be fierce.

Some kitty litter has crystals! It all makes sense now!

Or if the kid gets sick at all. I feel like Scientology is anti-vaxx/actual medical treatment.

Thank you for listening! And no, that wasn’t me, no Baroque paintings in my museum.

I think I read an article where they said this guy was paranoid and had a history of being negative towards the press. I don’t know if Wall had written about him before, but I’ve seen it suggested as a motive. You’re right that it is most likely that he raped her. The whole thing only makes sense (as much as it can,…

“HOW fine is the texture? Timmy wants a go. And, just imagine! Free paste!”

One of the guards I knew was this sweet older lady who always said, very gently, “Touch with your eyes, not with your hands!” to children who were tempted. And it worked.

This is exactly why I watch it. I know what’s going to happen, and it’s so satisfying being proved right.

When I was a museum guide, I got really good at the polite smile/Death Glare killer combo.