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| Series: | Sergeant Frank Hardy #1 |
Wendy M. Wilson
Kindle Edition | Pages: 287 pages Rating: 3.73 | 60 Users | 9 Reviews
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| Title | : | Not the Faintest Trace (Sergeant Frank Hardy #1) |
| Author | : | Wendy M. Wilson |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 287 pages |
| Published | : | January 4th 2018 by Three Book Deal |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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In a New Zealand you never knew existed, the after effects of the brutal Land Wars are still being felt in a small Scandinavian settlement, from which two young men have disappeared without a trace.THE TARANAKI WARS, NEW ZEALAND, 1869: AN ATROCITY
After arriving too late to stop the beheading of a rebel Maori chief by colonial troops looking for a bounty, and witnessing other events that sicken him, Sergeant Frank Hardy leaves the military to look for a place where he can carve out a life for himself.
MANAWATU, NEW ZEALAND, 1877: SERGEANT HARDY INVESTIGATES
Eight years after the war has ended, Hardy works as a mail coach driver and part-time private investigator, but can’t forget the horrors he witnessed during the Land Wars. When he is attacked by a vengeful Maori warrior while searching for the bodies of two missing Scandinavian men, he begins to wonder if his past has caught up with him. And to complicate things, a Scandinavian road worker is out to get him and the Armed Constabulary are looking at him suspiciously.
Will his growing love for a young Danish woman bring him peace, or will he suffer the same fate as other men from his regiment, the 57th Regiment of Foot, known as the Die Hards? And will he ever return the bodies of the missing Scandi men to their grieving families?
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Ratings: 3.73 From 60 Users | 9 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books Not the Faintest Trace (Sergeant Frank Hardy #1)
3.5🌟sWendy M Wilson has hit, I believe, on an interesting detective series with Sergeant Frank Hardy solving mysteries of New Zealand in the late 19th century.The story of colonial New Zealand is not so different from that of the birthing of Americathe indigenous peoples are both displaced and discarded by those thinking it is their right, as settlers in the new countries, to take control of the new land and establish homesteads.Disillusioned by his time in the colonial military and the Armed
It took a bit to get into this one but it definitely grew on me. By the end I was rooting for Sargent Frank ...3.5🌟sWendy M Wilson has hit, I believe, on an interesting detective series with Sergeant Frank Hardy solving mysteries of New Zealand in the late 19th century.The story of colonial New Zealand is not so different from that of the birthing of Americathe indigenous peoples are both displaced and discarded by those thinking it is their right, as settlers in the new countries, to take control of the new land and establish homesteads.Disillusioned by his time in the colonial military and the Armed
I didn't mind the info dumps because though I know the tourist destination NZ is, I don't know any of its history. OTOH, the long descriptions of landscape required much skimming especially at the end. Unfortunately, the mystery seemed like a minor issue.
This is no literary masterpiece, you could perhaps even call it naive in its writing style, but this tale is set in a well researched time in New Zealand's early settler days. As a long time resident of New Plymouth and Taranaki and married into a family with roots right back to those early days, I really enjoyed this story about places I knew and people I had heard about. In fact I also learned a bit more of Maori culture and language. An enjoyable tale and would recommend to anyone with an
WonderfulA wonderful novel based on historical events from New Zealands 1860s, just after the land wars. Well written, cant-put-it-down excitement, characters you want to be with (and some maybe not so much!). Would recommend for those who love historical fiction, as well as action/adventure readers. Loved it!
This is a kind of naive frontier romance, combined with a little bit of settler/native conflict. I hope the series gets better as it goes along.
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