Terrier (Beka Cooper #1)

By Tamora Pierce

Subjects: Police, nyt:series_books=2011-10-22, Mystery and detective stories, Midieval, Police, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Beka Cooper, New York Times bestseller, Reading Level-Grade 9, Fantasy fiction, Rogue, Fantasy, Tortall, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 7, Magic, Magic, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 6, Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10

Description: BEKA COOPER IS a rookie with the Provost's Guard, and she's been assigned to the Lower City. It's a tough beat, but Beka can hear the voices of the dead on the wings of pigeons, and Beka's birds clue her in to two major murderers on the loose. The rest of the Guard is busy investigating the fire opal killer, so it's up to Beka to nab the Shadow Snake.Tamora Pierce begins a new Tortall trilogy introducing Beka Cooper, a young woman who lived 200 years before Pierce's popular Alanna character. Pierce employs first-person narration, bringing readers even closer to a character that they will love for her unusual talents and tough personality.From the Paperback edition.