Bloodhound (Beka Cooper Book Two)

Black boards with silver lettering, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, dent to bottom edge. Jacket in new Brodart, slight edge wear. An attractive copy. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 551 pages; "Beka Cooper is no longer a Puppy. She's a Dog now - a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, which keeps the peace in Corus's streets. Beka's natural skills of observation and tenacity are augmented by her unusual magical talents, which allow her to gather information both from pigeons and from the eddies of dirt and dust that swirl on street corners. But even her magic isn't very useful when unrest comes to Tortall's capital in the form of counterfeit coins, which turn up in shops all over the city. Merchants raise prices to cover their losses, and with winter coming on, hikes in food and fuel costs could spell disaster - most of all for the city's poor. "The Dogs discover that gamblers are bringing the counterfeits from Port Caynn - and that the Port Caynn Dogs don't seem to be doing anything about it. Beka and her mentor, Clary Goodwin, are chosen to go undercover in Port Caynn and find out what they can. And wherever Beka goes, so do some of her animals. Departing from Corus with her are the scent hound Achoo, and the pigeon Slapper. "In Port Caynn, Beka and Goodwin delve deep into the gambling world -- It won't be enough for Beka to be her usual 'terrier' self. She'll have to learn from Achoo to sniff out the criminals - to be a bloodhound. ".…