| Holmes on the Range Contributor(s): Hockensmith, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312358040 ISBN-13: 9780312358044 Publisher: Minotaur Books OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Somewhere due west of Deadwood, a pair of unlikely cowboy sleuths investigate murder just like their hero, Sherlock Holmes, who they come to know by scouring "Harper's Weekly" for the detective stories. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Holmes on the Range Mysteries |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Dazzling. Sherlock Holmes in a Stetson turns out to be a dandy idea." --"Boston"" Globe""" 1893 is a tough year in Montana, and any job is a good job. When brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at a secretive ranch, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a few free moments to enjoy their favorite pastime: reading stories about Sherlock Holmes. When another hand turns up dead, Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to employ his Holmes-inspired "deducifyin'" skills and sets out to solve the case. Big Red, like it or not (and mostly he does not), is along for the wild ride in this clever, compelling, and completely one-of-a-kind mystery. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hockensmith, Steve: - Steve Hockensmith is an entertainment journalist who writes for The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Newsday, Total Movie, and was the editor in chief of Cinescape Magazine. He also writes a monthly column for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine called Reel Crime, and his stories appear a few times a year in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Holmes on the Range, On the Wrong Track and The Black Dove featuring Old and Big Red. |