Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling by Tony Cliff

Selim and Delilah have been travelling together for three years now, and have weathered numerous adventures, helping out the downtrodden and annoying the powerful along the way. This time Delilah has annoyed the wrong person: Major Jason Merrick, who frames Delilah as a French spy and attempts to execute her. Selim and Delilah escape, but now there's only one thing left to do: follow the Major back to England and clear Delilah's name. And then kick the snot out of the major.

Selim is more confident in this book, easily able to keep up with Delilah's shenanigans, though he's still not much of a fighter. The sword fights and cases come just as fast as in the first book, and the quips come more often.

Suggests to teens looking for humour and adventure. Delilah shows a bit of a Robin Hood streak this time, and that altruism mixed with a disregard for laws may appeal to readers who like a good rogue.