The Case of the Good-Looking Corpse: Book 2 (The P. K. Pinkerton Mysteries) - Softcover

Lawrence, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444006460 ISBN 13: 9781444006469

Verlag: Orion Children's Books, 2013

Über diesen Titel

Críticas

I reckon Caroline Lawrence's second Western Mystery may well be better even than her first P K Pinkerton case. I enjoyed myself tremendously from the start. (BOOKWITCH)

...such a pleasure to read in so many ways. (FOR WINTER NIGHTS)

You must read this book, if only to find out how a spittoon can save your life! It is thrilling, well-written and utterly engrossing, and it cannot be recommended highly enough...superbly good...you will not want to put it down until the final shot has rung out and the murderer is revealed. (THE BOOKBAG)

...there is much to commend in this book that makes it worthwhile for child readers. But they will want to read it - and should read it - because it truly is a cracking read that they can happily get lost in. (THOUGHTS FROM THE HEARTHFIRE)

the plot is a high-octane, roistering, cliffhanger-filled ride through the Wild West and P.K. the most interesting and unusual protagonist in Junior fiction. (BOOK MAVEN MARY)

It's a terrific story, very pacey, full of danger and cliff-hangers, with an intricate plot and masses of atmosphere. But for me the best thing is the characters...The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries are original, they're page turners - and they're very funny. I'd recommend them very, very strongly for readers of eight and up. Fun to read aloud, too, with each chapter the perfect length to read at a sitting. (Sue Purkiss AN AWFULLY BIG BLOG ADVENTURE)

pacy and full of period detail. (Nicolette Jones SUNDAY TIMES)

...there is something precious about this book...The story is a gem. Not that you would expect less from Caroline Lawrence...A wonderful story with a wonderful character by a wonderful author. (JE TOWEY)

A fun-totting, rip-roaring tale (DAILY RECORD)

I've learned so much about American history from reading these books, and in a thoroughly enjoyable way. This second volume is exciting, entertaining and intruiging ... highly recommended. (FANTASTIC READS)

Reseña del editor

In the second in this adventure series, Virginia City's newest detective, P.K. Pinkerton, takes on his first case - finding the killer of a murdered girl before he strikes again!

Nominated for a 2014 EDGAR award, P.K. Pinkerton is back in the second book of this whip-crackingly brilliant series, set in America's Wild West.

The death of sadistic desperado Whittlin Walt has created an opening for 'Chief of the Comstock Desperados'. Several young gunfighters are battling it out in the saloons and streets of Virginia City, and against this backdrop of gunmen, gamblers and cowboys, P.K. Pinkerton, Private Eye, is having trouble drumming up business. Nobody seems to take a 12-year-old detective seriously!
Then a servant girl named Martha begs P.K. for help. She witnessed the murder of her mistress - a hurdy girl - and the killer knows it. Now he is after her. Martha gives P.K. a description of the killer and a cryptic clue, but then she disappears. Can P.K. solve the case and find Martha before the killer does?

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Orion Children's Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444006460
• ISBN 13: 9781444006469
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336