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

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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

Praise for The P. K. Pinkerton Mysteries: The Case of the Good-Looking Corpse

  • 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 NIGHTSYou 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 HEARTHFIREthe 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 MARYIt'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. - AN AWFULLY BIG BLOG ADVENTURE - Sue Purkisspacy and full of period detail. - SUNDAY TIMES - Nicolette Jones...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

Caroline Lawrence

Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She lives with her husband, a graphic designer, by the river in London and is active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals. She is the winner of the 2009 CLASSICS ASSOCIATION PRIZE for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics'. Visit Caroline's website at www.romanmysteries.com

Helen Forte is a teacher specializing in Classics and Art. She is also the illustrator of Minimus and Minimus Secundus the best-selling Latin course for junior pupils. She has loved art for as long as she can remember and recalls illustrating anything and everything when she was at school - even her exam papers! She lives in Suffolk with a cat who looks a lot like Vibrissa from the Minimus books.

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