Worlds Greatest Sleuth!, Steve Hockensmith
Worlds Greatest Sleuth!, Steve Hockensmith
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World's Greatest Sleuth!
A Holmes on the Range Mystery

Author: Steve Hockensmith

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/19/2011

Synopsis

In 1893, the Amlingmeyer boys venture forth from the west in response to a summons from Otto's ("Big Red") publisher—they are to come to Chicago immediately, to the World's Columbian Exposition, and compete with some of the most famous detectives in the world. Set to coincide with the closing days of the first World's Fair and the publication of the story revealing the death of Sherlock Holmes, Gustav ("Old Red") will be competing for the title of World's Greatest Sleuth! Hating train travel and cities, the real draw is the chance to meet up again with the intriguing and elusive Diana Corvus. But the competition has barely begun before there is a murder in "the White City"—the organizer of the contest is discovered face down in the Mammoth Cheese from Canada—and from there, the game is really afoot.

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 H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on April 15, 2022

"“A man’s been murdered.” I shut up. Pinkerton crouched down and squinted into the tank. “You didn’t disturb anything, did you?” “Oh, not much. I just borrowed the monogrammed hankie the killer left behind and used it to wipe away the message (he) wrote in his own blood.” Old Red snatched up his hat......more

Goodreads review by Glen on August 07, 2023

Old Red and Big Red are called to the Chicago World Fair. Some benefactors are holding a contest to see who the world's greatest sleuth is, since the death of Sherlock Holmes at Reichenbach Falls. There are detectives from England and France, and Allan Pinkerton is even there. Things don't go as plan......more

Goodreads review by Author Annabelle on September 27, 2019

I think I need to read the others first. There are pieces of the plot that contain their history and it's a bit tricky without that knowledge. BUT I liked it enough to read the series from the beginning. :)......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on July 30, 2011

I was tempted to read this mystery when I saw it was set in the White City in 1893, having just read The Devil in the White City by Larson. I kept a photographic record of the Chicago World's Fair handy and enjoyed seeing photos of the places depicted in the story. This was a comical mystery about 2......more

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