Nell: Marshal of Bodie
The Nell Doherty Mysteries Book 1
by John Edward Mullen
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Pub Date Aug 30 2022 | Archive Date May 23 2023
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Description
If you like Ann Parker’s Silver Rush mysteries, Amy Stewart’s Kopp Sisters, and Jennifer Kincheloe’s Anna Blanc mysteries, you’ll love Nell: Marshal of Bodie, featuring a plucky, determined heroine who is tenacious in her efforts to solve an unfolding mystery.
In the winter of 1892, the once-vibrant gold-mining town of Bodie, California is in serious decline.
Nell Doherty, an 18-year-old young woman with a wooden leg, dreams of leaving and becoming a Pinkerton detective.
When a tragic shooting presents her with an opportunity to prove she has the skills needed to work for the Pinkertons, Bodie’s justice of the peace deputizes Nell — over the loud objections of the majority of the town’s residents.
Can she prove them all wrong?
Nell digs in and investigates the shooting, with the help of Rags, her half-Irish, half-Chinese best friend.
As they work against the clock to solve the mystery, Nell and Rags become the targets of ruthless desperadoes who won’t let anyone get between them and a fortune.
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Advance Praise
"""Readers who love mysteries featuring strong female characters set in the iconic West will find much to enjoy in Nell: Marshal of Bodie.""
— Ann Parker, author of the award-winning Silver Rush mystery series
""I loved this book. A real gem. Wonderful voice, wonderful prose. A strong female protagonist who easily carries the story. The three-dimensional characters are so well-drawn they could walk off the page and have a cup of coffee with you.""
— David Putnam bestselling author of the Bruno Johnson series.
""Nell: Marshal of Bodie is an engaging and rollicking tale with a plucky heroine.""
— Anne Louise Bannon, author of the Old Los Angeles mysteries"
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780996290722 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 300 |
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Featured Reviews
Charlotte M, Educator
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and having visited Bodie several years ago I found it easy to visualise the setting. Nell finds herself deputised after her father, the Marshall of Bodie is shot. Bodie is a remote and lawless mining community, isolated and in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Nell has ambitions to be a Pinkerton detective, but her gender and disability could hold her back. The opportunity of bring deputy Marshall could give her a chance to prove herself - it could also land her in a whole lot of trouble, I loved Nell - a tough and believable protagonist fighting against all the prejudices against her,
Great book - I can’t wait for the next one,
Gloria W, Reviewer
After Nells Sheriff Father is gunned down she and her Irish Chinese best friend set out to find the killer. They manage to get deputized despite Nell being a woman and having only one leg. Good murder mystery set in the Wild West.
Jan T, Reviewer
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Nell enjoyed teaching her Chinese friends how to read and write but she really wanted to be a Pinkerton. Her father supported the idea, but her mother was sure it would be a disaster because Nell has depended on a wooden leg since a wagon accident when she was twelve. Then there is a robbery and more, culminating in the death of her father, the local marshal. The pervading attitudes of the time really make things difficult for both Nell and her Chinese friends. With the death of her father, she gets a chance to prove herself. Excellent read!
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Lori D, Reviewer
What an amazing combination! A western mystery set in Bodie, CA in 1892 and with a spunky girl who is determined to become a Pinkerton agent.
When the chance comes to show her skills when a murder happens, she steps up! Wonderful characters and this setting make you feel you are there!! Cannot wait for more!
Randee B, Reviewer
Eighteen-year-old Nell Doherty dreams of one day working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. After her father, the sheriff of Bodie, is shot during the Chinese New Year celebration, Nell is appointed marshal so that she can look into her father’s murder. Her half-Chinese, half-Irish friend Rags works as her assistant in a pairing that is both strange and unseemly to the small town’s residents. Nell is convinced she knows who murdered her father, but, as she digs deeper into the shooting, she discovers that there are other serious crimes taking place in Bodie and that it’s up to her to stop the perpetrators.
NELL: MARSHAL OF BODIE was an interesting store. The setting—a mining town in the Wild West—was what compelled me to check out the novel. Nell is a likeable and sympathetic character, though a bit immature and impetuous. As a young woman in the late 1800s, she already has her gender working against her as she pursues a career in law enforcement. Her wooden leg and the issues it causes seemed like an additional but unnecessary handicap.
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