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In a desperate attempt to recover from the loss of her husband and her baby son, Rose McQuinn has returned home to Edinburgh from the American Wild West. It seems that everything has moved on in her... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:184119218X
ISBN13:9781841192185
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Constable
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
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1890s Scotland
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Rose McQuinn, daughter of famed Inspector Faro, has recently returned home to Edinburgh from the American West after the death of her baby son and disappearance and possible death of her husband. Her tragedies are somewhat lessened when she agrees to investigate the odd behavior of the husband of her childhood friend. Her American sojourn and understanding of the Sioux Indians assist her investigation when a murder occurs in a circus, and the Indians featured in the "Wild West Show" are accused of the deed. Against local customs and to the alarm of her friends, Rose chooses to live by herself in an isolated home at the foot of Arthur's Seat and, horror of horrors, purchase a bicycle as her means of transportation. Alanna Knight provides evocative descriptions of the Arthur's Seat area, and works an interesting relationship between humans and local animals into the plot. She also covers late 19th century concerns about the influenza epidemics, nervousness about the suffragettes, Rosa's first train ride across the new Forth Railway Bridge, and the attendance of Queen Victoria at the circus on her way to Balmoral.
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