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M.L Baldwin

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.mlbaldwin.co.uk/

Twitter

mlbaldwin2448

Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Military Thriller

Influences

Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Jeffery Archer

Member Since

November 2024

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M L Baldwin is a former Tank Commander who joined the Second Royal Tank Regiment in 1996 and served with them on operations in Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan over a 19 year career. He was Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) during his last tour of Afghanistan.
After leaving the forces he decided to try his hand at becoming an author, which is where you join him now in his journey. Inspired by the likes of Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy, he wrote his debut series of books for Operation Fools Mate back in 2023 which he hopes people will enjoy reading as much as he enjoyed writing them. Using his own first hand experiences of life on the front line of combat operations, he hopes to bring a level of realism and excitement that will both ...more

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Average rating: 4.54 · 333 ratings · 34 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Operation Fools Mate 24: A modern military action thriller (Book one) 4.48 avg rating — 160 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Fools Mate 48: A modern military action thriller (Book Two) 4.62 avg rating — 119 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadlock: A modern military action thriller (Book three) (Operation Fools Mate 3) 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conundrum (Operation Fools Mate Book 4) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Railway For Sale (Sarnglas Railway Series Book 1) by Christopher Awdry, M.L Baldwin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Clay (illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luke Goes Flying (Sarnglas Railway Series Book 2) by Christopher Awdry, M.L Baldwin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Clay (illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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M.L Baldwin is now friends with Mehmet Çalışkan
Oct 12, 2026 10:40AM · like
M.L Baldwin made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Adding an existing book topic " Good morning, I have my fourth book in the series, Operation Fools mate Conundrum, which is not showing up on my author profile as mine. The book is h ...more "
Oct 12, 2026 03:35AM
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M.L Baldwin made a comment on Owen Sayers’s review of Deadlock: A modern military action thriller (Book three) (Operation Fools Mate 3) " Hi Owen, thank you for taking the time to write a review, and I'm really glad you've enjoyed the series. Regarding the typo's that unfortunately was a ...more "
May 21, 2026 10:59AM · see review
M.L Baldwin liked Owen Sayers's review of Deadlock: A modern military action thriller (Book three) (Operation Fools Mate 3): "Third of a good trilogy I read and enjoyed these books over a few days. Overall they’re a good read, grounded in military reality with just enough forward look for a what-if / future war angle. The only issue is one others have already commented upon - " Read more of this review »
May 21, 2026 10:56AM · see review
M.L Baldwin liked RL Furnell's review of Deadlock: A modern military action thriller (Book three) (Operation Fools Mate 3): "thoroughly enjoyed it Have just finished this book, which I’ve found out from reading the authors replies to other reviews, that he has another book in this series to follow, and I can only say,” I can’t wait “ this book, like it’s predecessors has ha" Read more of this review »
May 19, 2026 08:31AM · see review
M.L Baldwin made a comment on Owen Sayers’s review of Operation Fools Mate 48: A modern military action thriller (Book Two) " Hi Owen, really glad you're loving the series, hopefully 'Deadlock' will keep you entertained. I'm currently writing book four, 'Conundrum' now, but a ...more "
May 19, 2026 08:30AM · see review
M.L Baldwin liked Owen Sayers's review of Operation Fools Mate 48: A modern military action thriller (Book Two): "good second book - slightly let down by typos The first book in this series was good, storywise this second one was better; but the typos… annoying. Still, I look forward to number 3 - an interesting premise, well thought through and I can forgive gram" Read more of this review »
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M.L Baldwin made a comment on Peter Hitt’s review of Operation Fools Mate 48: A modern military action thriller (Book Two) " Hi Peter, thank you for your review, and I'm glad you're enjoying the series. Hopefully the series remains a fiction, but the way the world is at the ...more "
Mar 03, 2026 12:20PM · see review
M.L Baldwin made a comment on Barclay S. Wales’s review of Operation Fools Mate 24: A modern military action thriller (Book one) " Hi Barclay, thank you for the review, like I've said to others, it really means a lot to authors to see that what they're writing about is on the mone ...more "
Mar 03, 2026 12:16PM · see review