Ships of War: Murky Waters
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1791 - England's cannon remain ever silent as her shipping is ruthlessly preyed upon, a detestable...
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Conquist
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Capitán Cristóbal de Varga's drive for glory and gold in 1538 Peru leads him and his army of...
Historical Fantasy Magical Realism Incas Conquistadors
Humbug: Scrooge Before the Ghosts
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A Christmas Carol shows us one terrible day in Ebenezer Scrooge’s life, but have you ever wondered...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2623 KP) rated A Killing Way in Books
May 8, 2025 (Updated May 8, 2025)
Since I live in the town that William S. Hart called home, I got a kick out of seeing a couple places I know well show in this historical mystery. The plot and pacing were great, and I had a hard time putting down this PI novel. Speaking of being a PI novel, there is a little more content than I might normally read, but it was a small amount. The characters are good overall. A few could be stronger, but fans will be happy to spend more time with everyone. If you haven’t started this fun series yet, fix that today.
The Party
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An unforgettable story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master...
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Home for the Homicides
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It's Christmastime in Army retiree Tessa Treslow's small Idaho hometown of New Oslo, but someone is...
Quillan Creek and the Little War (Time Stones #1)
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Jessie Mason lives with her nose in the pages of history. But she is about to discover that the past...
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David McK (3880 KP) rated Fortune Favours the Brave (Rifleman Dando #1) in Books
Feb 8, 2026
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)
Glorious Exploits
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It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian...
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The Silence Factory
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The whole world disappears when you enter THE SILENCE FACTORY Henry dreams of silence. A...
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