The Case of the Deadly Desperados
In the hardscrabble desert of the Nevada Frontier, 12 year old P.K. Pinkerton has trouble understanding people. But that’s not what’s causing P.K.’s troubles today: desperados have killed P.K.’s foster ma and pa, searching for a priceless letter: the deed to the Motherlode of silver being mined in the untamed town of Virginia City. How P.K. came to have the letter and how the desperados found out about it are just two of the mysteries in Book One of The Western Mysteries, The Case of the Deadly Desperados, by Caroline Lawrence. Fleeing from Whittlin’ Walt and his cruel gang, P.K. finds there’s really nowhere to hide in Virginia City, a lawless town full ofRead More →