A Long Time Dead — Peter Chambers

The murder of Napoleon Scotsman the Fourth brought Mark Preston to Isobel's Towers. There he met the Towers girls, including the gunslinging lady known as Bill...Old Uncle Tommy had been kidnapped - with his jewellery - for a ransom of $100,000. Unfortunately the family couldn't raise it...When columnist Charles Churchman brought in the Towers Fan Club, Preston wished he'd missed the whole crazy caper. Always excepting the delicious Claire Cilento...Preston didn't realise just how crazy it all was until it was almost too late.