Their trip starts off just fine—lots of roping and riding and cowboy fun—even if things are just a little bit weird at the Western Wheat. One of the ranch hands actually has no thumbs. And at night, Dink and his friends keep hearing strange noises that no one else seems to hear.

Then excitement breaks loose like wildfire one morning when they go panning for gold in a mountain stream—and Josh suddenly finds a huge gold nugget.

Just as suddenly, someone steals it right out of the safe!

Who took Josh's gold? Will he get it back? Will this hoedown turn into a showdown? Saddle up and find out in this exciting, page-rustling read.