Download Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries AudioBook Free
Sherlock Holmes-worshiping cowboys Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have starred in five Holmes on the Range novels, rustling up prize nominations and enthusiasts aplenty as they damaged mysteries using the methods of their English hero. How performed these Old Western drifters first discover Holmes, though? What were they doing before their book adventures began? And how did their early on, awkward stabs at "deducifying" come out? These seven short stories provide the answers. In Dear Mr. Holmes, Old Red first has got the itch to turn detective - and just with time, too, because a killer's stalking him and his brother along a Kansas cattle path. In Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the Range, Old Red's try to settle down and open his own "cafay" goes haywire when one of the clients gets a part order of arsenic along with his steak and potatoes. In Wolves in Winter, Big Red and Old Red go up against lethal predators of both the two- and four-legged variety. And the experience continues in four more reports (many of them originally released in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). Critics have called Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range stories "hilarious" (Entertainment Weekly), "quirky and original" (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), "clever" (The NY Times), "wonderfully amusing" (Booklist) and "a hoot" (The Washington Post). There's only one way to discover if you acknowledge. Start hearing Dear Mr. Holmes today!
