71.   A digital book would have some undeniable advantages.

72.   About the only thing the two books have in common is that they are both historical novels with young women at their center.

73.   All the books have close personal relationships, usually families, as central themes.

74.   Books seldom had tables of contents.

75.   Both books also have pictures.

76.   But books still have their place.

77.   But if the new book has many of the same characteristics as her past crime stories, Rendell continues to bring new tricks to the trade.

78.   But even this book had a predecessor.

79.   But such a book clearly has its place in driver education courses or for those with a history of traffic violations.

80.   But she thinks her books do have something to say.