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Title: Give this a pass
Review: Opera fans, give this a pass. It's loaded with stereotypes, gives no real opera information, and is at least one-third filler. Mystery fans, it's not a very satisfying mystery. The detective, "Pryde of the Yard", is both rude and dense. The best parts of the book contain the two cleaning women, both of them a hoot, one of them the brightest character in the book. There are many excellent mysteries, some with opera as a background; this is not one of them.
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