The Night the Barker Burned Down

<p>Mr. Patton Barker a Maine moneyman who built himself a resort empire in the Pine Tree State and a railway to bring vacationers to it has a target on his back. Though he's often relied on the Pinkerton Agency for protection a recent string of robberies and threats has made him anxious about the safety of The Barker his secluded lakeside hotel which sits at the foot of Bald Mountain in Oquossoc Maine. The arrival of Agent Morgan does little to assuage his fears and when his worst nightmares are realized he finds that his story is only part of a much larger conspiracy.</p><p></p><p>The first book in the Ragamuffin Trilogy <em>The Night The Barker Burned Down </em>is part mystery part comedy part metareal adventure set at the time of Holmes yet a world away on the other side of the Atlantic. It will be followed in the years to come by <em>The Murder of Madame Restell Abortionist</em> and <em>Babis the Knife</em>.</p>