The P. K. Pinkerton Mysteries: The Case of the Pistol-packing Widows
Book 3
$27.01
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2014
Summary
From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes the third whip-cracking adventure in this award-winning series.
When P.K. is suddenly abducted, he fears he’s going to be thrown in the river to drown. In fact, he’s about to get a new case. He must travel to Carson City, don a disguise and shadow his friend and mentor, Poker Face Jace. But Jace isn’t easy to fool, P.K.’s widow woman disguise is horribly uncomfortable and, as if that’s not bad enough, it seems somebody …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444008753 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444008757 |
| Author: | Caroline Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
| Series: | The P. K. Pinkerton Mysteries |
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The young detective’s drily hilarious first-person accounts keep the story at a gallop. No disguise can mask P.K. Pinkerton’s stout heart and steely resolve in Lawrence’s third (and mighty fine) Wild West adventure - KIRKUS - starred review
Pinky is one of the most engaging heroes I have come across - DAILY TELEGRAPH on The Case of the Deadly DesperadosA fast, funny adventure that cracks along as smartly as a cowboy’s whip - THE TIMES on The Case of the Deadly DesperadosWith plenty of Wild West slang and an engaging cast of colourful gunslingers, gamblers and cowboys, Caroline Lawrence brings a mid-19th century frontier town vividly to life in this intricately plotted and very funny page-turner - BOOKTRUST on The Case of the Good-Looking CorpseAbout The Author
Caroline Lawrence
Caroline Lawrence is American. She lives with her husband by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals. She took part in the British Museum’s POMPEII LIVE event, giving talks that were streamed to schools all over the UK, and she is the winner of the 2009 CLASSICS ASSOCIATION PRIZE for ‘a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics’. In addition to the 17 novels in the ROMAN MYSTERIES sequence, Caroline Lawrence has written five spin-off titles, all of which have contributed to total UK sales in excess of 1 million copies.
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