Holmes on the Range

Name: Holmes on the Range
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Author: Steve Hockensmith
ISBN: 9781400172252

Author: Steve Hockensmith

Series: Holmes on the Range #1

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

1893 is a tough year in Montana, and any job is a good job. When Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar-VR cattle spread, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a comfortable campfire around which they can enjoy their favorite pastime: scouring Harper's Weekly for stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes.

When another ranch hand turns up in an outhouse with a bullet in his brain, Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to put his Holmes-inspired detective talents to work and 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.

About Steve Hockensmith

Steve Hockensmith writes a monthly column for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and stories featuring Big Red and Old Red appear regularly in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He is the author of Holmes on the Range, an Edgar Award finalist and the beginning of his highly successful Holmes on the Range mystery series. He lives in Petaluma, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

A Wild West Sherlock Holmes works for me! Unlike so many others of this very specialized but rather crowded niche genre - the parody of Sherlock Holmes - Hockensmith's unique entry, Holmes on the Range amuses, entertains and succeeds wonderfully. Dateline 1893, Big Sky country in frontier Montana. Tw......more

Goodreads review by Tim

Wal, I reckon I just done had me a real fine ole read there. You might not like this if you don't care for characters who say "Yup," but if yer one a them, what in tarnation were ya readin' this here book fer? This is my second Red/Red novel, and better than the first (which was the one at the Chi......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

I first came across this book at the famed bookstore Bookpeople in Austin, TX. I came close to buying it there- but 1) I was on vacation, and running short on money. 2) I was in Austin, TX- where money is better spent on beer and music and food. 3) I worked (and still work) in a used bookstore back......more