It’s funny – the author notes in the acknowledgements that she wasn’t sure a book about counterfeiting was going to be that interesting, but I have not read a book that had me quite on the edge of my seat as this one did in a while.
Beka Cooper’s no longer a trainee in the Provost’s Guard, but she’s been having trouble holding onto a permanent partner. After losing yet another one, she’s back with Goodwin and Tunstall, who were her training partners. She also accidently acquires a scent hound named Achoo. All this just in time for altered silver coins to start showing up in Corus. She and Goodwin are sent to Port Caynn to investigate.
This is in many ways a growing story for Beka – she’s on her own to a degree in a strange town, with new responsibilities. And the counterfeiting plot works really well – it’s actually incredibly action packed. I really enjoyed this book – read it as quickly as I could so I could see what was going to happen next.
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