In the first novel in the Barkerville Mystery series, protagonist Ted MacIntosh tries to unravel a suspicious murder with possible fatal consequences.
lt’s summer in 1866 in the Cariboo gold fields, and a man has disappeared. Young Ted learns from the local barber, Moses, that his friend Charles, who was travelling to the gold fields, has failed to arrive. And a forbidding stranger named James Barry has arrived in town wearing a gold nugget pin that belonged to the missing man. What could have happened to him? Was James Barry responsible for his disappearance? Moses and Ted are suspicious – but they’re also afraid for their own safety. Slowly, with several adventures and close calls, they unravel the story of a cruel murder. But have they identified the right criminal?
Shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, based on true events, and set against the exciting backdrop of the Gold Rush era, Moses, Me, and Murder offers a captivating tale of betrayal, thievery, and redemption.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- jC813/.54 [Fic]
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23 23
- General Note
- A Barkerville mystery Editor: Michael Carroll"--Title page verso Originally published by Pacific Educational Press in 1988"--Title page verso Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 9781459709683 9781459709676
- LCCN
- PZ7.W1667 PR9336.A464
- LCCN Item number
- Mo 2013eb M6 2013eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (108 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00233089 (OCoLC)858603861 (CaOOCEL)444925
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
