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The Case of the Deadly Desperados
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The Case of the Deadly Desperados
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The Case of the Deadly Desperados

Written by Caroline Lawrence

Narrated by T. Sands

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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The year is 1862 and twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton is on the run from Whittlin Walt and his gang of ruthless desperados. P.K. is determined to hold on to his ma,s last priceless possession: the deed to a large amount of land and silver mines in the Nevada Mountains. But this is the Wild West, and there,'s hardly a safe place to hide in Virginia City, an untamed mining town full of gamblers, hurdy girls and gunmen-all of them on the make! Relying on disguises will only keep P.K. hidden for so long as he works to outwit the outlaws who are quickly closing in . . .

At once thrilling, funny, and moving, this mystery adventure will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 14, 2012
ISBN9780307968821
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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    P.K. Pinkerton's debut.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    My boys enjoyed the suspense, the surprises, the mystery.
    I'm glad I read it out loud, so that I could skip some parts that weren't child-friendly. (i.e. how the Soiled Dove stored her money, although in keeping with the times, and character, the description was more than what I would want my boys to think about.)
    We looked for more in the series and were disappointed that we couldn't locate them.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The first book in a new series; I like the wild west backdrop; a winning narrator in P.K. Pinkerton.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I wanted to like this more than I did, because the idea of western featuring an autistic kid detective sounds like a good original idea. However (and I might be being oversensitive), the racial/gender issues were too much for me to overlook, and I found myself wondering who I could ever recommend this book to ("Well, it features numerous horrible stereotypes about Native Americans, and one time they straight up calls a lady a whore. And he sees two people having sex!"). Plus, I'd just read By the Great Horn Spoon! which was just a much more fun kids' western. I would've given this three stars because it was a good mystery, but I'm knocking it down a star for the rest of the faults.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book is a fun, western adventure set back in the 1800s before Nevada was a state.