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I guess this is what happens to collectors. You don't really need that 18th item in the set of miniature KLM houses (see the Wall Street Journal 31 May 2008; unfortunately a for-fee online subscription so not easily linkable), but at this point you're just too invested in the experience to quit.
So the book: not bad, better than most. Still not a big murder mystery fan though (a bad attribute for someone committed to this series).