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With her husband in jail young Gretna Marshall, one of the Galloway travelling people, is feeling alone and vulnerable and so she is delighted when she is asked to become the first recruit to the Solway Sleuth-Hounds, the Laird of Longcrags band of private investigators. She is relieved to have found the protection of a powerful patron but all too soon she finds that the service of the Laird means danger. But with the help of the remarkable Sawney, the young lawyer of the future, stern Michael the leader of a tribe of tinklers, and Rooskie her little dog who brings his own individual talents to the pack, Gretna struggles on.
The story moves between the Solway shore, Dumfries and the notorious village of the Bridgend with its labyrinth of cellars, that hiding place for refugees and felons.
These were turbulent times and the Sleuth-Hounds find themselves involved with Solway smugglers, Robert Burns, the effects of the French Revolution, even the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
The historical background of 18th century Dumfries and Galloway has been carefully researched and there are detailed historical notes and sketch maps.
Solway Sleuth-Hounds is more than just an exciting story. It is also a fun way of learning history.
For ages 12 to adult.
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