Mary Reed
Mary Reed
The John, the Lord Chamberlain series is a series of historical mystery novels by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Also known as the "John the Eunuch" mysteries, the novels feature John, Emperor Justinian's Lord Chamberlain, a eunuch who solves mysteries in 6th-century Constantinople. Publishers Weekly praises the series' "Subtle, well-drawn characters, from the ascetic John to the capricious and enigmatic Justinian; deft descriptive detail revealing life in the late Roman Empire; and sharp dialogue make this another winner in this...
dwell good time
I'm pretty bummed, but I've got to use my time now productively, ... It doesn't do you any good to dwell on it.
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We knew that a hurricane might be coming Thursday or Friday, and that Saturday we knew it was coming, and that it was kind of serious, ... A lot of times it hadn't been a big deal, but this time it turned out it was. I spent about 10 minutes meeting my roommate, then they just told us to ... get out ... and they had no idea when they were going to start up again.