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Title: Rose
Review: All the readers of the book listed who have reviewed are not from England.I am a fan of Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady - 'Russian detective' books, but did not like 'Rose' at all. It was very disappointing. Whilst a lot of research had obviously been done on the workings of the British Coal Industry in the 19th centrury, Martin Cruz Smith's book gave a highly fantistical description of coal mining, and the story line was weak with unconvincing characters, poorly drawn, and unconvincing dialogue as well.I think Martin Cruz Smith should stick to writing detective stories based on the 20th Century, and ideally based in Russia.
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