Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004VS73HA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Seven Tales of Detecting Old West Style While I have enjoyed all of Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range novels, I've never actually read the short stories that first introduced the characters. When he decided to put all seven of them in this collection, I knew I'd have to get my hands on a copy. And when he offered a free copy in exchange for an honest review, I was all set.For those of us who know the characters, there's little need for an. Dr. John H. Watson's review Jonathan A. Turner I have remarked before now that my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was the untidiest of mortals. At the same time, he had certain fixed ideas of how his impedimenta related to one another, so that Mrs. Hudson and I labored under a strict injunction never to move or rearrange any of the piles into which his possessions had drifted. I was therefore less surprised than I might have been when, one day in the summe. Dr. Fred said Seven rip roaring good tales.. I am so happy I bought this book as we seldom buy magazines these days. That is magazines with short stories. That is likely because short story writing is almost a lost art as unless you can find a mystery or science fiction magazine with stories, there are not too many high quality ones left. I go back to the days when there were so many like Red Book, Blue Book, Saturday Evening Post to name a few. We
. His mystery stories were nominated for nearly every major award in thefield (including the Anthony, Shamus, Barry, Macavity and Derringer) and appeared in several year's best anthologies. In 2010, Hockensmith's novel Pride andPrejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls managed to slip onto theNew York Times best-seller list (and irritate a lot of JaneAusten fans). The first book in the series was a finalist for the Edgar,Shamus, Anthony an
In "Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the Range," Old Red's attempt to settle down and open his own "cafay" goes haywire when one of the customers gets a side order of arsenic with his steak and potatoes. Order your copy of Dear Mr. Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have starred in five "Holmes on the Range" novels, rustling up award nominations and fans aplenty as they cracked mysteries using the methods of their hero, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes," Old Red first gets the itch to turn detective -- and just in time, too, because a killer's stalking him and his brother along a Kansas cattle trail. Holmes today!. In "Wolves in Winter," Big Red and Old Red go up against deadly predators of both the two- and four-legged variety. How did these Old West drifters first discover Holmes, though? What were they doing before their novel adventures began? And how did their early, awkward stabs at "deducifying" turn out? These seven short stories provide the answers.In "Dear Mr. There's only one way to find out if you agree. And the adventure
For thosewho'd like to discover just why so much praise is directed at SteveHockensmith's books, then this is the perfect place to start." --Western Fiction Review . "For fans of Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range series thiscollection of short stories is something you should not miss