Holmes Imitators-Deducifying

[Chris]

Joanna, I know you're a purist but I'm excited about the new book in the Holmes on the Range series, The World's Greatest Sleuth http://www.stevehockensmith.com/

You need to transplant some of your love for Sherlock to the American West.

[Joanna]

Haha, I am so far away from purist, I don't even know what to call it. I had heard about the new book! It takes place during the Chicago World's Fair, yes? If Sherlock Holmes meets H.H. Holmes I would die.

[Chris]

I just finished this book. I was almost thinking the real Sherlock Holmes was going to show up at the end of the book as a contestant or competitor.

[Sydney]

I just finished "Holmes on the Range," and I am hooked. Sherlock Holmes meets "Lonesome Dove" ~ a serendipitously perfect pairing. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

[C.O.]

I am just about to start the third book in this series. So far I am absolutly loving it.

[C.O.]

Has any read the short story collection Dear Mr. Holmes yet? I just finished it and I thought that it was great. Hears what my Goodreads review says about it:

Any fan of Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range series will love this collection of seven short mysteries featuring Old Red and Big Red Almingmeyer. These seven stories cover about a year in the lives of the cowboy detectives, starting before the first book Holmes on the Range and ending just before the fourth The Crack in the Lens. The author is even nice enough to point out where each of the three covered novels should have come in at. The obsessive reader will notice a few inconsistencies but if we detective fiction junkies can forgive Doyle his over sights surly we can forgive Hockingsmith his.