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A Ruby in Rain by Grant Stone

mellhay's review

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4.0

Eliza is feeling a bit home sick, so Wellington finds a case with a touch of home... New Zealand...

We meet Agents Lachlan King and Barry Ferguson in this installment. They make a trip to the prison to talk to a man whom asked to be locked up not claiming to any crime, but for his own protection. His name Red Eyed Rob. Red Eyed Rob is known to Ferguson as he is an amazingly wonderful gambler. Always winning, unless he throws the hand to keep in the games. Red Eyed Rob claims to have seen Armageddon in the card in a recent game.

Again we see some very neat machinery. I like the machine used to see where the vision came from and the surprise machine we see as well. Ferguson does have a few tricks up his sleeve, so he does.

The characters we got a quick glimpse of them in the story, threw the story. I don't know if I'm making any sense with this. The characters and story are created together. I like when these two are intertwined together nice and neat, you get almost two views in one story; the characters and the story itself.

We even get a short story almost like a bonus in this one. A little case history in which Agent Lachlan King worked in India when he was new to the Ministry. In the end the story even left a smile on my lips as the two agents clean up the area.

And the narrating. The voice of Grant is very relaxing and so easy to listen to.
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