description: Because 1893 is a tough year in Montana, any job is a good job. When Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar VR cattle spread, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a comfortable campfire around which they can enjoy their favorite pastime: scouring Harper's Weekly for stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes. When the boys come across a dead body that looks a whole lot like the leftovers of an unfortunate encounter with a cattle stampede, Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to employ his Holmes-inspired deducifyin' skills. Putting his ranch work squarely on the back burner, he sets out to solve the case. Big Red, like it or not (and mostly he does not), is along for the wild ride in this clever, compelling, and completely one-of-a-kind mystery.
language: English
title: Holmes on the Range
titlecomplete: Holmes on the Range
genres: Crime, Historical, Humor, Westerns, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Audiobook, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 2540
places: Montana
series: Holmes On the Range
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Minotaur Books