Fall Guys by Ian Andrew

Publisher's Synopsis

Kara Wright and Tien Tran are veterans of an elite sub-unit of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment. Both served in various warzones and both were lucky to make it home. Now they are private investigators in the service of an off-the-books agency.

When reports of British weapons in the hands of ISIS are ignored by those in government, Kara is tasked with finding out how it could have happened. Isolated in a world of half-truths and lies, international arms deals and power politics, she is quick to discover that she’s been working for the wrong side. What she didn’t figure on was that making amends will place her, and those she loves, in the sights of those who have everything to lose.

Reviews From Elsewhere

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Tien Tran, part of Wright and Tran Private Investigators, had left the country for her native Vietnam after the last case, when one of their members died. She needed to heal, and leaving best friend and partner, Kara Wright for the time being, was the best. So when Kara was approached by Franklyn about a break-in to an unbreakable facility in North Wales, she took the case on her own. But of course, she had her security team and back up members close at hand. It was all pretty straight forward to Kara – until it wasn’t… Read All Reviews

Amazon.com.au

I really like this kind of story - from Alistair Maclean/Gavin Lyall novels in my youth via Tom Clancy tomes and Robert Crais' Elvis Cole series in later years, fictions of people with military or particular espionage skills solving mysteries and crimes. Some authors skim the surface to give you a slight flavour, some authors want you to know that they've done so much research that you are drowned in the regurgitation of detail and finally you have authors that write from experience and personal knowledge. Ian Andrew is one of those authors that writes from experience and this results in a thick seam of authenticity that is present throughout the novel. Read All Reviews