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The Angel: Act I (An Isabella Rose Thriller Book 1) Kindle Edition

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White light. Heat. A drawn-out moment of complete silence. And then the screaming starts.

An Underground carriage in London is destroyed by a suicide bomber. The injured and the dead litter the platform. But as a crowd forms at street level, Michael Pope knows that this is only the beginning.

Pope, head of top-secret Group Fifteen, is tasked with finding the perpetrators of this atrocity and bringing them to justice, any way he can. He knows that the answers to many of his questions will lie at the end of the money trail, but he also knows that whoever funded and organised the attack will kill again for their freedom.

This is an operation that requires a very special kind of agent. Pope needs someone who exists outside of normality. Someone who floats above it, treading softly through a fractured life.

He needs the Angel.

The Angel is the first part in a continuing story involving Isabella Rose. The story will be continued in Act II, The Asset.

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Mark Dawson has worked as a lawyer and currently works in the London film industry. His first books, The Art of Falling Apart and Subpoena Colada, have been published in multiple languages. He is currently writing three series. The John Milton series features a disgruntled assassin who aims to help people make amends for the things that he has done. The Beatrix Rose series features the headlong fight for justice of a wronged mother—who happens to be an assassin—against the six names on her Kill List. Soho Noir is set in the West End of London between 1940 and 1970. The first book in the series, The Black Mile, deals with the (real-life but little-known) serial killer who operated in the area during the Blitz. The Imposter traces the journey of a criminal family through the period; it has been compared to The Sopranos in austerity London. Mark lives in Wiltshire with his family.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WL6QGF4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (November 3, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1801 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
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Great series

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023

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Great series. Highly recommend. Short and well written. Lots of action. Love the characters. Love the story line. These two girls are badass. Book kept me on my toes. Can't wait to read more.

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Lady Silverlocks

Please, No Cliffhangers

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2015

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A couple of quibbles in an otherwise good book. Early in the book, Michael Pope has two teams set up. One is going to search a mosque...but is never mentioned again. The driver of Pope's car is mis-identified as one of the people set to search the mosque.

I think the author does a good job of covering the complexity of the problem. To many people in Middle Eastern countries, Westerners are the terrorists because so many innocent people have been killed in their countries. To many people in the West, all Middle Easterners are terrorists when they bomb civilians. The true terrorists take advantage of this and perpetrate atrocities on their countrymen and Westerners alike. As well, there are powerful interests in Western countries who have no qualms about fomenting unrest at home and abroad.

It seems totally unrealistic though, to trust such a young girl to complete a mission basically on her own, regardless of how much she's taught herself. She's never completed a mission with anyone before, she's still a teen with untested emotions, which the author does bring to the surface. Her inexperience leads to consequences. However, I really, really don't like it when the story is left hanging, especially when there's no indication that will happen. I guess I should have known there wasn't enough "percent" left in the book to wrap things up tidily, but I was hoping!

That said, it was a compelling read with complicated characters.

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Michelle H

Love this - can’t wait to read the rest of series

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024

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I’ve enjoyed other books by Mark Dawson, but this one has more depth and feels more cynical and real. Isabella Rose promises to be a great character.

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Suzen

LOVE the Milton series

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2015

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First - I am a huge Mark Dawson fan. LOVE the Milton series, really enjoyed Beatrix Rose, and even liked the crime series books. I was really looking forward to this book - and will admit that I enjoyed parts of it, it does not hit the same level as many of his previous works. It is fair to expect another Sword of God for a first book in a spin off series - probably not. Is it fair to expect that an author of Dawson's abilities to create a storyline that is exciting and plausible... I believe so. (If not, it is a testament to the faith he has inspired in his readers thus far, that a number of folks appear to feel a bit let down.

I enjoyed learning more about some of the characters in Dawson's "pantheon" and found many of the new details or new characters interesting, the actual storyline itself inspires moments of pure incredulity. The terrorist attack - well written; the response to the attack - a few truly cool moments that stuck with me; the use of a fifteen-year old as an agent - felt contrived.

So - while the story itself has a number of strong points and good character development, this doesn't seem like his strongest work.

While disappointed in the ending (or lack thereof) like many other readers, I am not angry or unwilling to read any of Dawson's future work. I do wish that this felt more like a complete book or novel, but am interested in learning why he chose this approach. (One of the things I like most about Dawson as an author is his willingness to engage with his readers on Facebook..)

So - while I can't give this the usual 4 or 5 that most of his books rate, I remain enthusiastic to see how this adventure ends - and where she will go as "The Angel" evolves.

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Disapointed

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023

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Three quarters of the book was not devoted to Isabella (supposed to be main character). Hope the other books in the series are devoted to her just like her mother in previos series (they were excellent).

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Beachy Booky

Great Start to a Series - teenage assasin - how cool!

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016

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I'm entranced by The Angel, a fifteen-year-old girl living on her own after a remarkable upbringing. She's the daughter of now deceased gov't assassin Beatrix Rose, and she's trying to make her way in the world - by herself - and keep up her 'training.'

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One of the few men in the world that knows she even exists is Michael Pope, "Control" for the Firm's Group 15... The Firm is an off book branch of the government in charge of special projects, such as counter-espionage, computer spying, kidnapping, interrogation, protection of business executives, extractions, and of course - when required, in order to protect the interest of Her Majesty's Country, assassinations and other unsavory acts discreetly performed as required. Group 15 handles the wet-work, and Michael Pope wouldn't have even considered getting the young Isabella Rose involved if there hadn't just been a horrific terrorist attack on British soil, and the impending threat of more at stake. Thanks to beurocratic short sightedness, Group 15 has been disbanded, and Michael's getting guided by a member of the government to do something to discover the terrorists next plot. Even more off-books then before, Michael and a few of his unemployed agents capture and deliver a certain Islamic Cleric to the American's CIA - for interrogation. The cleric talks under pressure identifying a Muslim Rich man living in Switzerland as the potential financier of the last and upcoming terrorist attacks. He's untouchable and lives in a vast well-protected property on Lake Geneva. But he does have a teenage son attending an exclusive boarding school nearby. Michael Pope sends one of his agents to Marrakesh where he knows Isabella once lived with her mother. And when he sees the pictures of the young woman and recognizes that same cold, implacable, icy blue glint in the young girl's eyes - he has an idea that might save 1000 from dying. Perhaps, Isabella could become an Angel and get close to the untouchable probable financier of terrorism, by ingratiating herself with his teenage son.

It's OKAY for me that it ends when it ends. It's a series, and I'm glad more is going to be happening.

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KDonovan

Great addition to Group Fifteen Saga

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2023

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The introduction of Isabella to the Group creates a new series melded with characters from Dawson’s other series’s and feels like coming back to a familiar universe. A great read!

Gordon Osborn

Pretty darn good

Reviewed in Spain on June 18, 2020

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Fast and furious. A good simple read with lots going on. Was surprised as the story went it got good. Only concern is now i gotta read the follow on. It ended suddenly. Let's see.......😁

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Amazon Customer Kay

A good read....

Reviewed in Australia on December 29, 2016

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I enjoyed reading this book, it encompassed action, current events and a good story line, it was also well edited, I hate coming across editing errors, I will be reading more from this author.

D. J. Jones

Part 1 of a CONTINUING story!! When does a ‘series’ become a ‘serial’??

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2016

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Finished reading this book last night and thought I had perhaps downloaded a faulty copy – it just finished. Lots of loose (and I mean REALLY loose) ends, no satisfactory conclusion, simply no more pages to read. The end of the book in the middle of several linked stories. In truth this is NOT a complete book and I was very disappointed – having read and thoroughly enjoyed many of this author’s other books I had expected this to be the first book in a ‘series’ ie, a complete story featuring the same central character as was the case with the John Milton ‘series’ and the Beatrix Rose ‘series’. I have read and thoroughly enjoyed nine of this author’s novels since May 2015 so why should I have expected this to be something so different in format?
Perhaps if the author been more open about his change in style from a ‘series’ to a ‘serial’ the abrupt ending would not have made me feel so disappointed. Perhaps the author believes that ‘Act 1’ on the front cover should have alerted me to the fact that there are goodness knows how many other books in this ‘serial’. It didn’t!! So BE WARNED this is just an ‘episode’ in a ‘serial’ – the write up for ‘Act 2’ states that “The Asset is the second part in a CONTINUING story involving Isabella Rose that started with Act 1: The Angel.” So, if you buy Act 2 it is very unlikely that this will be a complete book, it is more likely to be just another episode.
This is such a shame as the book itself was a great read and the story a very ambitious one with great promise, had the author been more open and honest about his change from his usual approach I expect I would have followed the ‘serial’ but I really cannot bring myself to look at another ‘episode’ until I am able to identify just how many acts there are in this ‘serial’.
So why did I give this 5 stars if I was so disappointed? I use a standard approach to assessment with 'star ratings' based on awarding one star for a 'yes' to each of the following questions: 1. Did I enjoy the story? 2. Did it hold my attention throughout? 3. Did I get to know the characters and care what happened to them? 4. Was I sorry that the story finished - did I want to read more? and 5. Would I buy another book from this author? The answer to each of those is 'yes' and consequently whilst this book would get no stars if ‘honesty’ was being assessed it gets my 5 stars simply because this author is a brilliant story teller.

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Good but annoying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2024

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Very good author but... his books don't end, leaving the reader to have to buy another book. Good promo for the author but annoying for the reader

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