The Sword Edged Blonde

The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe 308p

Private Detective/Sword Jockey Eddie LaCrosse starts out this adventure searching for a missing princess.  Before he can wrap up that case, he becomes embroiled in another mystery that requires his returning to his homeland, renewing old acquaintances, and facing old memories that were deeply buried.  He must prove that the wife of his childhood friend didn't kill her child.  The only way to do this is to retrace his steps from years ago and face truths he previously avoided.

I've been reading the series willy nilly and while it doesn't really matter if you read them in order it helps to get the back story that is referred to in almost every volume.  This is the first book of the Eddie LaCrosse series and I finally get the full story of Eddie's past.