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This was a wonderful little historical mystery. Its about the arrival of Sir Robert Carey to the Castle of Carlisle in the Middle March, the border between Scottland and England. And to quote the introduction, the region makes Dodge City look like a health spa.
Aside from the trouble of settling from court to border life, someone is stealing a multitude of horses for some purpose. Then there is the murder that threatens to involve the March Wardenry in a blood feud. Add in Carey's own sense of justice (and fore sightedness (both as much out of place in the Border marches as he is)), a murder of a now account Graham becomes the focal point. From there, Carey is off to try to do right, and the trouble that brings him.
Its a good book and I enjoyed it immensely, especially the exchange between Warden Sergeant Dodd and his Armstrong father-in-law over Carey's possible fate. A fun book and one I'll be keeping and re-reading like I do the Judge Dee mysteries.
Aside from the trouble of settling from court to border life, someone is stealing a multitude of horses for some purpose. Then there is the murder that threatens to involve the March Wardenry in a blood feud. Add in Carey's own sense of justice (and fore sightedness (both as much out of place in the Border marches as he is)), a murder of a now account Graham becomes the focal point. From there, Carey is off to try to do right, and the trouble that brings him.
Its a good book and I enjoyed it immensely, especially the exchange between Warden Sergeant Dodd and his Armstrong father-in-law over Carey's possible fate. A fun book and one I'll be keeping and re-reading like I do the Judge Dee mysteries.
