The case of the deadly desperados

By Caroline Lawrence

Subjects: Mystery and detective stories, Disguise, Outlaws, Historical fiction, Crimes against, Inheritance and succession, Foster parents, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Orphans, Racially mixed people, Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, History, Detective and mystery stories

Description: In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and scalped, twelve-year-old Pinky Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.