The Black Dove

Name: The Black Dove
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Steve Hockensmith
ISBN: 9781400176052

Author: Steve Hockensmith

Series: Holmes on the Range #3

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/04/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

In this hilarious follow-up to Steve Hockensmith's critically acclaimed novel On the Wrong Track, crime-solving cowboys Gus "Old Red" and Otto "Big Red" Amlingmeyer are wandering around San Francisco when they stumble onto another mystery to be solved: the death of their acquaintance Dr. Chan. It turns out that no one wants this mystery solved, but that doesn't stop the brothers from riling up the locals with their heavy-handed investigations. Wild chases ensue until Old Red and his helpers finally put the clues together for a showdown on the waterfront.

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 Glen

Big Red and Old Red are killing time in San Francisco, trying to get Big Red's book published and get a job, and maybe looking for their paramour of the last book. When a Chinese friend of theirs is killed, they get on the case, and find the West was really wild in Chinatown. Good stuff from a series......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia

A San Francisco, Chinatown, "deductifying" adventure with Old Red and Big Red, Sherlock Holmes wannabes. The brothers, teamed up with Diane Corvus, whom they met in their last adventure, and the writings of Dr. Watson, are looking for a murderer and The Black Dove. There is no lack of action as they......more

Goodreads review by Janet

Killer find. I'm reading anything this guy writes. I started here, in the middle of a series, but the book stood alone just fine. Uniquely humorous.......more