meh...

terrible story, an unlikely daughter, 15 yo, trying to be a copy of Beatrix enlisted into group 15 for spying on ISIS financer. crap ending and fractured plot going nowhere.

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Not up to Mark Dawson's usual great writing

Not one of Dawson's best efforts. Way too slow. Disappointing ending. John Middleton is a much better character in his other series and those books are much better written and move along at the right pace. I wouldn't recommend this book.

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Furiously Frustratingly BAD IDEA! AWFUL! NO! NO!

This isn't a novel, it's a chapter! How dare they not tell us? BEWARE... you will spend hours only to discover a "To Be Continued"! This is bait and switch... only pretending to be a story when it's mere part leading to a monstrous tease! I may still have bought this thing if they'd told me and I knew that I should prepare to read more, or at least that would be a demand. Self Indulgence on the part of the writer, the publisher and AudioBooks. NEVER sell me a part of a book without fore-notice. I am totally ticked off!

I AM RETURNING THIS PARTICLE OF A BOOK!

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Great start to the Isabella Rose series!

Mark Dawson fans will recognize Isabella Rose as the teenage daughter of Beatrix Rose. Now in her mid teens and well trained by her now dead mother, Isabella is beginning to work with her mother's old organization. The listener should be made aware that this is a series and the first book does not stand alone; the end leaves you hanging. Nevertheless it is a great start for the young heroine. I look forward to the second book in the series.

Mark Dawson is a relatively new British writer. He is also one of the best thriller writers.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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no ending

Book was pretty good. Not his best work I did enjoy it. There was no ending at all. Just leaves u hanging.

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A 15 year old? Really????

This is the type of book I usually enjoy. But the idea that the heroine is a kid was just wrong. Perhaps I should read the books about her mother?

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Great book and awesome narration..

This was the story of Group Fifteen who were an undercover group of men and women who protected Great Britain from terrorists. The story of those same terrorists blowing up the underground trains and the House of Commons, where they killed a lot of people.

And it’s about Michael Pope the Captain of the group who had been told to “stand down” by his superior, only to be told to continue his work in secret by another superior. AND it’s about Isabella, the girl who was trained by her mother since she was a little girl and could do some serious butt-kicking now and continued to train, and she’s only fifteen. Pope drove her away after she killed the last man who had torn her family apart when she was little. She lives alone in Marrakesh now and was in London for a meeting with Pope when she was caught in the underground explosion

It was a great story, made better by the narration, and I’m definitely going to move on to the next book.

My main problem with this book is how often the author gave directions throughout the book. So many highways and streets with French names. It was a little much. Too much filler.
As to the narration: Napoleon Ryan is just awesome with the voices and the emotions when he reads.

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Bad reading, bad research, unbelievable characters

I don't know if this is the worst male reader of female characters that I have heard, but today I really don't think that he was a good choice for a book with major female characters, you could even say a female lead character.

Ah, the shoddy research. There are many simple little things wrong.

Theoretically Manchester to Wick in 8 hours is possible, if there's no traffic, which is never true on the A9, and you can't make up time because of the speed cameras and police. So sleepy little Wick should be a great place for handing off a 'package'? But Wick airport is the departure point for transatlantic GA ferry flights, so there's always aircraft and people around.

There's no Tornado GR5, the GR5 is a Harrier and the Tornado is a GR4. If you take 600 rounds and shoot 600 rounds you don't have any rounds to put back in the safe. The only way to dry fire an AR15 is to cycle the bolt with the charging handle. While the bolt is back the hammer is held down. So the bolt is forward. If you now eject the magazine... well the bolt is forward, so how are you going to release it with the bolt release? If you are going to include detailed AR15 firing drills then talk to people who train with them. A Springfield EMP is a compact 1911, it shoots 9x21. The AR15 shoots 5.56x45, he made a point of that. So how is that shooting the same caliber in your rifles and pistols? Nobody accidentally loads those rounds in the other gun, switching to her 'preferred' 45 ACP would not have made any negative difference.

And after all this I am supposed to go for the pathetic hook and buy the next one? No thanks.

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No more hanging endings please

This book got hit by many who first read this book, with its hanging ending before the 2nd book was available. Perfectly understandable. No problem for those of us coming in later and can buy book 2 immediately

But no more of this, Dawson, or you are going to start losing customers

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I hate cliff hangers

What disappointed you about The Angel?

I'm really disappointed with the way the ending of this story is left hanging. I would normally have bought the next book in this series because I enjoy the series but I don't like being bribed to get the next book and I found the lack of a conclusion very frustrating.

What was most disappointing about Mark Dawson’s story?

I enjoy a story that has a conclusion to it and, since I read for pleasure, a book without a conclusion is not what I'm interested in. Really, the book is not that long, it's not like the story would have been too long without a conclusion.

What does Napoleon Ryan bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I find his voice is pleasant and his reading helps me to better visualize what's happening.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Angel?

I find the description of islamic hatred of infidels annoyingly long, this could have been cut back in length.

Any additional comments?

I like the Mark Dawson characters John, Beatrix and Isabella. I particularly like John's struggle with alcohol, it's interesting.

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