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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Terminal (Major Crimes Unit #4) in Books

Aug 29, 2021  
Terminal (Major Crimes Unit #4)
Terminal (Major Crimes Unit #4)
Iain Rob Wright | 2021 | Crime, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Having just read book 3 in the series "End Play", I was jumping to read this the 4th in the series and was extremely pleased and grateful to Iain Rob Wright for sending me a copy prior to it's publication date in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.

Once again, Iain provides a fast-paced and thrilling read starring Sarah Strong and her colleagues at the Major Crimes Unit. From the first page to the last, this book had me absolutely hooked and I fair whizzed through it.

Full of excellent characters, a storyline that is not beyond the realms of reality (scarily so!) and written at a pace that fair trots along, this is a story well written and exciting and one that I would definitely recommend. Although you don't have to have read the others in the series, you won't be disappointed if you do but it does work as a standalone quite well.

I would definitely recommend to others who enjoy getting engrossed in the world of major crimes.
  
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David McK (3929 KP) rated Fortune Favours the Brave (Rifleman Dando #1) in Books

Feb 8, 2026  
Fortune Favours the Brave (Rifleman Dando #1)
Fortune Favours the Brave (Rifleman Dando #1)
Ronald Bassett | 2015
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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Fortune Favours the Brave.

Otherwise known as Dando on the Delhi Ridge.

I actually read this as the first part in a 3-book compilation ("THE RIFLEMAN DANDO ADVENTURES three action-packed historical military thrillers"), thinking it may be something interesting, something akin to Bernard Cornwell's Napoleonic-set Sharpe series, or to Paul Fraser Collard's 'Jack Lark' series.

While the history may be - and, for me, was - interesting, unfortunately the plot around the rest of the story was not all that much so. I have to say, I also found the phonetic spelling "See 'ere" rather off-putting, although understandable in that the soldiers were usually drawn from the lower classes rather than the posh higher classes.

I also found the flashbacks to a pre-soldier Dando, and just how he came to be a redcoat, actually more interesting than the 'current events' of the Indian mutiny, for some reason.

Still, I'll read the next two as well at some point (but doubt I'll be going out of my way beyond that)
  
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