The Illinois Detective Agency: The Case of the Missing Cattle

by Ethan J Wolfe

"In 1884, the founder and matriarch of the Illinois Detective Agency is now elderly and active in the way that "Charlie" of Charlie's Angels was. Founded in 1848 as a stock detective agency, the founder is still the backbone of the business he built fromthe ground up. In The Case of the Missing Cattle, the Stock Growers Association of Montana appeals to Porter for help with a major cattle theft problem inside the Montana Territory. Hundreds, 2 maybe even thousands of cattle are being stolen off the openranges, and the local sheriffs and army outposts are helpless to stop it. Porter assigns two of his best agents to the case, James Duffy and Jack Cavill. Both are experts in forensics of the day, expert marksmen, superior detectives, and fearless"--

293 pages, Hardcover

Published February 17, 2021

Reviews

[Beverly Zearley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh my goodness!! This book was a “Blind date” book from my public library. If it wasn’t for a contest, I would have taken it back to the library after page 20, but I persisted. The book did get better toward the middle and I had to get to the end to see what happened…but what I needed to know wasn’t brought back up…you have to read the second book in the series to find out what happens and I won’t do that.

[Alan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abit of a disappointment sorry to say the story line was ok about rustling cattle but nothing else