Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens: Regarding Robberies and Race Horses

As a crucial witness to the "biggest scandal" early-nineteenth-century Fairmount has seen, lives hang on the balance of Chester Carter's true and complete testimony.

Chester is an unambitious - or independent- minded - apprentice to Mr. Tate of Tate's Banking and Loans when he witnesses a bank robbery and finds himself serving as Sheriff Hoogkirk's justice-seeking assistant. His newfound role in law enforcement introduces him to gambling, carousing, and horse racing at the town's pleasure ga...