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Gr 5–8—P.K. Pinkerton, a half-Lakota 12-year-old sleuth (purportedly related to the famed detective), opens up shop as a private eye in the rough and tumble mining town of Virginia City, Nevada. His first case gets off to a rocky start when a creepy stone doll is delivered with a cryptic message. Next, a frightened young servant who witnessed the murder of "soiled dove" Short Sally Sampson implores him to find the killer. Meanwhile, P.K. fears reta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Flush with cash after claiming his rightful ownership to a silver mine (The Case of the Deadly Desperados, rev. 5/12), twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton opens a detective agency in the untamed Virginia City, Nevada Territory, of 1862. With his new business in place, all he needs is a client wanting his services. And that client quickly appears: the young and frightened former slave Martha, who worked f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More