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It's been awhile since we vacationed as a
family at the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but it used to be an
annual event. Like many of you I take the beach vacation
opportunity to laze away doing nothing but read books, ride the surf
(look at beach butt), and drink whiskey. I purposely eschewed the
computer to allow all this to happen.
Each vacation is tabbed in my mind by a book I read. There was the Flashman year at The Villas,
and several Clancy summers when Tom happened to publish his
latest thriller just prior to our trip. This year I read four
books, but I believe that  in the future I will designate this as the ''du Toit summer.''
The second book I read, on Tuesday when it rained the entire day, was Kim's Family Fortunes. I did not put it down. Could not. I will say just a few things about it.
Despite Kim's blog reputation as a man possessed by firearms, that
passion does not in any way drive this narrative. In fact, it
will be as evenly received by the ladies as it was by me.
Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, it contains the
finest villainy and comeuppances, both sweet assignation and
lusty flesh pressings, and a coherent action filled story
line. My only disappointment was that John-John and Caroline
never consummated. I recommend it to one and all. When the
movie is made, I do think I'd make a perfect Roger. Ahem. Well
done Kim. Very well done, in fact.
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