Young Broadbrim, the Boy Detective

A legendary detective. An uncatchable outlaw. One case that will humble them both.

Josiah Broadbrim has built his reputation on never failing. The Quaker detective from New York has hunted killers, tracked thieves, and cornered the worst criminals the eastern cities have to offer. He is methodical, brilliant, and utterly sure of himself.

Then a letter arrives from the edge of civilization.

Deep in the mountains of Montana, a masked outlaw called the Dodger is carving a bloody trail through mining towns and railway lines. Men are dead. Banks are empty. A desperate small-town lawman named Sandy Burns is out of options—and writing to the only man he believes can help.

Broadbrim reads the newspaper clippings. He studies the maps. He works out a theory before he even boards the train. By the time he reaches Dead Gulch, he is certain he understands the Dodger.

He is wrong.

As Broadbrim closes in on a criminal more cunning than any he has faced before, the Quaker detective discovers that the West plays by different rules. The Dodger outmaneuvers him at every turn, vanishing like smoke, striking from the dark, and staying one terrible step ahead.

For the first time in his career, Broadbrim faces not just defeat—but the possibility that some men simply cannot be caught.

Can the greatest detective of his age admit what he doesn't know before the Dodger proves it for him?