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Book Review of A Season of Knives (Sir Robert Carey, Bk 2)

A Season of Knives (Sir Robert Carey, Bk 2)
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Dana Stabenow wrote a foreword to this book calling it a "you-are-THERE!" novel, and it's so true. Sense of time and place are excellent. All the characters are finely drawn, and Carey is very appealing. This episode is more of a whodunit than the last, with Carey providing primitive forensic investigation while all around him are surprised he even bothers. Corruption is so commonplace in this era that it isn't even blinked at - it's simply assumed that cheating, stealing, and bribery are the way to get ahead, and if you get taken then you get even. Carey and Sergeant Dodd are advancing in respect for each other. The jury trial is especially fun to read, knowing that many of the jury have already been paid to come to a certain conclusion, so how will Carey convince them? This is the second in the series; you could read it without having read the first (but just read the first, you'll be happy). Great series and I'm looking forward to the rest.