Review: Great! so make the UK dictionary your default
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2013
Fast paced action thriller with interesting Australian characters and locations. While there is violence, for it is after all a murder mystery, it is not disgusting. It fulfills my requirements of a hero who I would like to hang out with. I can't see spending hours with a character that in real life I wouldn't want anything to do with. I enjoyed it so much that I bought the other 11 before they could up the price.I would suggest that your default dictionary be set to the Oxford Dictionary of English. This Australian author uses Australian words and brand names which makes me so happy. So often authors from other countries seem to feel that they must cleanse their native words and use American words so we will understand the story. All that does is take away the flavor of the story's location and culture that is part of the reason I'm reading it in the first place. THIS HAS FLAVOR, I can picture the locations in my mind's eye.I can't wait to start the second book. My only complain with this mystery series is that they don't have the book number in the title so I know which one to read next. It could have easily been called CORAL SEA AFFAIR (BEN HOOD THRILLER, BOOK 1)followed by BLACK MOUNTAIN AFFAIR(BEN HOOD THRILLER, BOOK 2), etc.