The second book in the Beka Cooper triad, Bloodhound picks up slightly more than a year after the first book took place.
Beka is now truly "Guardswoman Cooper", having been made a full Dog some time ago. No one will stick with her as a partner, though; she's gone through several. Each time, she is sent back to work with her original Dogs from her Puppy days, Tunstall and Goodwin for a time. It is during one of those times that a riot breaks out, and Tunstall is badly injured. So when two trusted Dogs are needed for a Hunt for counterfeiters across the water in Port Caynn, it is Goodwin and Beka who go. Port Caynn is filled with all sorts of dangers, not least of which could be from a cove with an eye for Beka...who perhaps is the very criminal she seeks.
Bloodhound is slow-moving compared to Terrier, the first book. It is Highly Recommended only because it is worth a read after the first. But aren't the middle books in the series always less interesting?
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