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When the sadistic desperado Whittlin Walt is slain, the Comstock frontier turns chaotic, with young gunfighters jostling for the title of chief. Amidst the gunmen, gamblers, and cowboys, 12‑year‑old detective P.K. Pinkerton struggles to earn business in a skeptical town. His luck changes when Martha, a servant girl, approaches him after watching her mistress’s murder—a crime tied to a hurdy‑gurdy performer—by a hidden killer who now seeks her. With Martha’s cryptic description and a vanished clue, P.K. must solve the mystery and rescue Martha before the murderer’s next move.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Caroline Lawrence
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