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Bookish: WOULD YOU BELIEVE? (6#) -

# Evil organization named KAOS: "An obtuse chucklehead who nevertheless unfailingly got his man, secret agent Maxwell Smart was such an inspired creation that he has proved as indestructible as his two forebears, Inspector Clouseau and James Bond."

I believe they're promoting a DVD, but it's a wonderful, nostalgic and fun article about the Get Smart TV show.

# A Florida Mystery: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming Pools by Joshilyn Jackson is reviewed by Ann Oldenburg, who enjoyed it. A teen girl is found dead in a backyard swimming pool inside a gated community in Florida.

# Dark Doings & Misdeeds: An atmospheric Polish thriller, the first of the author's work to be translated into English. Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski, translated by Danusia Stock, published by Quercus, and reviewed by Claire Allfree.

# Brief reviews of three foreign mystery novels.

# SNEAKS: Sneaker Wars by Barbara Smit reviewed by Mike Esterl. A colorful history of the competition for the athletic shoe market, beginning with Adidas and Puma.

# And the last (?) word on the Paris Book Fair.

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