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Plain Dealing

The Ryder Quartet, Book 3

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Plain Dealing

By: Ian Patrick
Narrated by: Ian Patrick
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Midnight on a moonlit beach. Six cops execute four thugs after a heinous crime. They are unaware that there is a witness to the executions. Thrilling action explores tactical, ethical, and criminal choices made by officers of the law. A stark image of moral ambiguity underpins their struggle to maintain courageous and precarious control of all-engulfing crime. Plain-dealing cops face scrutiny in an emotional journey through choices made in the day-to-day confrontation with evil.

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What made the experience of listening to Plain Dealing the most enjoyable?

Thrills on every page, characters subtle and complex and intelligent and very colorful.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Plain Dealing?

The closing scene of the chapter (forget which number) that is headlined "Wednesday". That scene was breathtakingly shocking and so, so very sad. My goodness. I needed handkerchiefs.

Have you listened to any of Ian Patrick’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No others yet, but I'm getting the first book in the series next.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and no. I couldn't wait for the next scene in each case, but on the other hand I wanted to savor it in chunk-sizes.

Any additional comments?

I love these detectives. Such a change from the old seedy alcoholic troubled detectives that have become the norm. These detectives are a cross between Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne.

Immensely satisfying

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Would you listen to Plain Dealing again? Why?

Yes. Gripping and realistic and original. The characters are all convincing and the action is really reflective of the real world.

What other book might you compare Plain Dealing to, and why?

The Bourne Trilogy. Same action and sparse dialogue and real emotions.

Which character – as performed by Ian Patrick – was your favourite?

Mashego was great, I thought, but probably Ryder. He didn't handle the women as well.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

For sure. There are some really emotional bits. Especially in the second-last chapter. Well, in the last chapter, too.

Any additional comments?

Very nice. Will get the others in the series, I think.

Five star thrills all the way

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I've wanted to read this ever since, years ago, I read "Gun Dealer". I finally got around to it. I liked it very much. The villains are brutal, the detectives are - what can I say - even more brutal? No. Not quite, but they certainly pull no punches (especially when they take down the very bad guys).

I liked Mashego's character. He is a very complex man with a terribly painful history, which makes him what he is. All of the complexity of the man is crucial to understanding the morality of, and the action in, the book. The narration is good, though I would have liked more variation between different characters. But all in all, I like plain-dealing police retribution for horrible criminal actions.

Plain Dealing Retributiion

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I loved Mashego. I read the other book about him five years ago and this book now shows him in a different context, so I found that very intriguing. I love the way these links play out in any author's work. Like The girl with the dragon tattoo, where those books are all linked but you don't have to read them all to enjoy any one of them. I listened to the audio of this one and it was good but not perfect, with some accents difficult to distinguish from others. The main thing is that the characters are all so well written. They are entertaining, very real (I know because of my own South African roots), and above all, it was a very enjoyable action-packed crime thriller.

Mashego is a wonderful character

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Would you consider the audio edition of Plain Dealing to be better than the print version?

I don't know, really. They're both so good.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Thabethe the villain is so bad. So, so bad. And so well performed. I love him. If you know what I mean.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The final scene in the park is beautiful, but the scene just before that in the hospital is lyrically beautiful, too. Then the couple of traumatic scenes earlier on. I don't know. It's all wonderful.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The Ryder Sanction: cops on the hunt

Any additional comments?

I heard the second book first and then got to the others. It doesn't matter, really. They're all great stories in themselves. But it's nice now to see the thread running through all of them. And the theme. Which I take to be 'what is justice; what is morality, when the devil is in your sights?'

Best of the three

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