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Gun Dealing

The Ryder Quartet, Book 2

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Gun Dealing

By: Ian Patrick
Narrated by: Ian Patrick
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This sequel to the action-packed Devil Dealing depicts the ongoing search by detectives Jeremy Ryder and Navi Pillay for the evil gangster Skhura Thabethe, dealer in stolen weapons, drugs and murder. The secondary plot shows the detectives uncovering a link between stolen weapons and the local trade in drugs. The two main plots unfold in strictly organized chronological sequence over 10 days, until a climactic ending when the two plot-lines coalesce in a spectacular confrontation between the detectives and the two main villains. Against a background of delicate emotional exchanges between victims of crime and the police, Gun Dealing, like its predecessor, explores the moral and ethical choices made by the detectives in their day-to-day confrontation with rampant and brutal crime in contemporary South Africa.

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I wrote when I read this more than two years ago "In a word - brilliant. Page-turning. Brilliant conclusion, bringing us full circle back to the ... but no plot spoilers from me. I'm going to read it again." Now I've listened to the audiobook. It hasn't diminished the experience for me. It's even better. The characters of the crooks are so well realised. I like the slang and the mix of languages. This was well done. I must listen to the other two in the series, too, even though I read them two years ago.

In a word - brillitant

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I read this book ten years ago and loved it! I finally received a voucher for the audio version. I'm so pleased. I remember when I first read it I was struck by how different it was to so many "north Atlantic" crime books. Now that I have listened to the audio, the accents help even more (although they are a bit similar so it is difficult to distinguish between some of the characters).

I love it when bad people get their come-uppance. That is satisfying, but the end of this book also opens the way for another episode that - also from my reading a few years ago) is even more exciting. I haven't received a voucher for the audible version of that book (hint! hint! to someone out there who handles these things). I hope I do.

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This was thoroughly enjoyable. A police procedural with fascinating characters, drunken thugs speaking accurate slang, and thoroughly entertaining cops who work hard at their craft but are witty and human. I didn't get the fact that the opening scene was deliberately commenting on the lyrical mood of the opening of 'Cry, the Beloved Country', but a friend drew this to my attention. Good writing.

Excellent forensics tracking and sleuth work

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It's more than a year since I read the prequel to this book. Well, not so much a prequel as simply the first in a series of four books. I loved this. It was very different and the villain is just as bad as you can get them. The narrator played the roles well, and the nasty hombre is a match for the hero detective. A clash of titans, this is.

The forensic detail was good, too. I liked the whole thing about the weapons and how to trace them. It was entertaining as well as thrilling. I'll get more of this author.

A long time coming but very exciting

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Years after I read the first book I finally get to the second. This time I listened carefully to the audiobook and it captured me entirely. I could quibble about the accents but the action is stupendous. Very frightening to think that there are such evil criminals in the world. A well-plotted and authentic crime thriller.

Very real and very scary

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