Caroline Lawrence
The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries: The Case of the Good-Looking Corpse
Virginia City, U.S.A., 1862. Twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton, Virginia City’s youngest private eye, has just taken on his first case. He…
The Case of the Deadly Desperados
Pinky, full name P.K. Pinkerton, is trapped in a Virginia mine shaft waiting for her (or is it his?) fate.…
The Prophet from Ephesus
I was sad to learn, on doing the research for this review, that there is only one book in Lawrence’s…
The Scribes from Alexandria
81 A.D. Alexandria. In this, the fifteenth Roman Mysteries adventure, the four children, Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus are shipwrecked…
The Beggar of Volubilis
(1) March, 81 AD. The emperor Titus is desperate to find the lost emerald, known as Nero’s Eye. According to…
The Slave-Girl From Jerusalem
AD 80. In this, the thirteenth Roman Mystery, the four friends, Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus are in the port…
The Fugitive From Corinth
80 AD Corinth. This Caroline Lawrence’s tenth Roman mystery, and the young detectives, Nubia, Flavia, Lupus and Jonathan, are in…
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