Full name: Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries

Author: Steve Hockensmith Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Short Stories, Western Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781461077145 1461077141

Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have starred in five novels, rustling up award nominations and fans aplenty as they cracked mysteries using the methods of their hero, Sherlock Holmes. How did these Old West drifters first discover Holmes, though? And how did their early, awkward stabs at "deducifying" turn out? These seven short stories provide the answers. In "Dear Mr. 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. 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. And the adventure continues in five more stories (most originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). If you're a fan, you won't want to miss these rollicking peeks into the Amlingmeyers' past. And if you're not a fan, there's no better place to start! This book is part of the "Holmes On the Range" series. Here are some other books from this series: "On the Wrong Track" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Black Dove" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Crack in the Lens" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: The Crack in the Lens by Steve Hockensmith The Black Dove by Steve Hockensmith On the Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Chapel Noir by Carole Nelson Douglas Good Night, Mr. Holmes by Carole Nelson Douglas Castle Rouge by Carole Nelson Douglas A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens by Michael Gilbert The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer The Cases of Susan Dare by Mignon G. Eberhart The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King Eye Of The Crow by Shane Peacock Wait for Signs by Craig Johnson Christmas in Absaroka County by Craig Johnson The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard by Elmore Leonard Prolonged Exposure by Steven F. Havill The Scandal of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton