The Case of the Pistol-packing Widows: Book 3
Caroline Lawrence
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- History Time - blasts from the past
Average rating
From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes the third whip-cracking adventure in this award-winning series.
When P.K. is suddenly abducted, he fears he’s going to be thrown in the river to drown. In fact, he’s about to get a new case. He must travel to Carson City, don a disguise and shadow his friend and mentor, Poker Face Jace. But Jace isn’t easy to fool, P.K.‘s widow woman disguise is horribly uncomfortable and, as if that’s not bad enough, it seems somebody might be trying to kill him! Can P.K. survive amid the gun-slingers, gamblers and desperados of Carson City?
Reviews
As pk pinkerton leaves his house, he is kidnapped and taken the a lady called opal blossom, hoping that he would shadow her beloved, poker face jace. Pk isn't sure about the job as it would mean shadowing his teacher and friend. Once in Carson city, pk books into a boarding house run by a lady called Mrs murphy who looks after him and is the only person in the city that knows why he is there. After going to the shop to buy a disguise, pk is helped by Mrs murphy to put on his blind widow outfit so that he is not spotted by Jace. On his way to the hall, pk accidentally works into the head of Carson city and is asked to sit on the stage with him.
Viscount Slip Menace 03.07.2020
