The Case of the Deadly Desperados (The P. K. Pinkerton Mysteries #1)
Author(s): Caroline Lawrence
Virginia City in 1862 is a mining camp sitting above a rich vein of silver in America's Wild West. It's a dangerous place, full of gamblers, hurdy girls and gunmen - all of them on the make! When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there, homeless, penniless and hunted, things don't look good. But P.K. soon finds allies in Sam Clemens, a newspaper reporter, Poker Face Jace, a gambler who can tell when someone is bluffing, and Ping, a Chinese photographer's apprentice. With the help of these friends - and armed with a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter and a knack for disguises - P.K. takes on the tricksters and desperados and tries to become a detective. Fast, furious and funny - an utterly entertaining mystery adventure from an author who knows exactly how to grip and thrill her readers.
Product Information
From the author of the bestselling The Roman Mysteries comes this whip-cracking new detective series, set in the Wild West and packed with danger and deadly desperados at every turn!
Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She lives with her husband, a graphic designer, by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals. She is the winner of the 2009 CLASSICS ASSOCIATION PRIZE for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics'. Visit Caroline's website at www.pkpinkerton.com
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.286
- : 30 April 2012
- : 202mm X 129mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations, maps
- : 304
- : 813.6
- : English
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Caroline Lawrence