Sherlock Holmes in America
The world's greatest detective leaves his native shores and travels to the most dangerous land of all...America!Just in time for Sherlock Holmes, the major motion picture starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law: the world’s greatest fictional detective and his famous sidekick Dr. Watson are on...
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The world's greatest detective leaves his native shores and travels to the most dangerous land of all...America!Just in time for Sherlock Holmes, the major motion picture starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law: the world’s greatest fictional detective and his famous sidekick Dr. Watson are on their first trip across the Atlantic as they solve crimes all over nineteenth-century America—from the bustling neighborhoods of New York, Boston, and D.C. to fog-shrouded San Francisco. The world’s best-loved British sleuth faces some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer and meets some of America’s most famous figures along the way. This exciting new anthology features over a dozen original short stories by award-winning and prominent writers, each in the extraordinary tradition of Conan Doyle, and each with a unique American twist. Featuring new stories by: Edgar Award–winner Daniel Stashower Edgar Award–winner Jon L. Breen Shamus Award–winner Loren Estleman Derringer Award–winner Steve Hockensmith Anthony Award–winner Bill Crider And many more!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781602399341 (1602399344)
ASIN: 1602399344
Publish date: November 1st 2009
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
I thought it was a solid anthology. None of the stories really stood out as ones that will stick with me but none of them stood out for poor quality either. I was a little surprised that the stories took place in the same few locations but I suppose those would have been the happening places at the ...