Review: Intelligent reading and a wolfhound!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
So much recent fiction seems to be written on an elementary-school level but not this series, which offers real plotting, real vocabulary and the opportunity to learn. Many of the words are archaic but found in the Oxford dictionary on Kindle, while the Scots' speech  pattern reflected throughout, generally, is easy to understand. I appreciated being put more in the world of the story instead of the story and its language being dumbed down. This style of narration, rare today, used to be more common and is much more satisfying.i also appreciate the author's mindfulness to the wolfhound throughout. Socrates wasn't just dropped in as a bit of window dressing only to be ignored as part of the story. Thank you! The author seems to know something about the nature of wolfhounds, so Socrates adds greatly to my enjoyment of the story.McIntosh provides a wonderfully enjoyable mystery series for readers to immerse themselves in. Hopefully, there will be many more books to come.