The Black Dove - Softcover

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Gustav 'Old Red' Amlingmeyer and his brother, Otto (Big Red), cowpokes by training, discovered Sherlock Holmes through the stories and are now devotees of his method of 'detectifying'. The two brothers are in San Francisco in 1893 with an eye towards a real detective job. But that's not working so well and they are footloose, a little broke, and not-so-fancy-free. But serendipity is on their side. They run into an old acquaintance in Chinatown, who takes a shot at them. The girl Big Red has been searching for shows up bearing bad news. And a group of hatchet wielding Chinese tong members are out for their blood. Yep, their luck has changed - what was once merely bad is now truly catastrophic.

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"Inspired...dazzles with colorful language, vivid images, and hilarious asides. Sherlock Holmes in a Stetson turns out to be a dandy idea." - "Boston"" Globe," on "Holmes on the Range"

.,."a delightful, hilarious, action-packed tale..." - "Mystery Scene "on" On the Wrong Track"

"A great reworking of the Holmes conceit...Hockensmith will have a steady readership as long as the Amlingmeyers are on the case." - "Booklist" (starred review) on "Holmes on the Range"

"[Big Red's] foot-in-a-bucket narration will keep the reader snorting with laughter...Hockensmith has been nominated for the Edgar Award, and if he keeps writing like this, he'll win one soon." - "Library Journal" (starred review) on "The Black Dove"

"Uproarious...As this fast-moving express hurtles toward a spectacular ending, Gustav searches for ways to apply Holmes's crime-solving genius to the comic bedlam." - "Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "On the Wrong Track"
"Well written, fast-paced and filled with historical atmosphere...Highly recommended." - "Mystery News" on "Holmes on the Range"