Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 11/3/2017 + 1033 more book reviews

Third in the excellent historical mystery series set in Elizabethan England and Scotland. Sir Robert Carey goes after a shipment of guns that were stolen and then replaced with defective ones; one of Carey's men has his hand blown off. Fantastic sense of place and time. Carey, although experienced in the treacheries of the royal court, is again shown to be somewhat inexperienced in the absolute corruptness of the border region. Sergeant Dodd, surprising even himself, is helping him learn the ropes. The gun plot twists and turns several times before the final resolution, which left me shaking my head in sympathy for Carey. I think a new reader could start here, but much more fun to begin with the first book.

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