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On the Wrong Track Paperback - 2008

by Steve Hockensmith

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It might be 1893 and the modern world may in full-swing, but cowboy Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer is an old-fashioned kind of guy: he prefers a long trail ride even when a train could get him where he's going in one-tenth the time. His brother Otto ("Big Red"), on the other hand, wouldn't mind climbing down from his horse and onto a train once in a while if it'll give his saddle-sore rear end a rest. So when it's Old Red who insists they sign on to protect the luxurious Pacific Express, despite a generations-old Amlingmeyer family distrust of the farm-stealin', cattle-killin', money-grubbin' railroads, Big Red is flummoxed. But Old Red, tired of the cowpoke life, wants to take a stab at professional 'detectifying' just like his hero, Sherlock Holmes and guard jobs for the railroad are the only ones on offer.
So it is that Big Red and Old Red find themselves trapped on a thousand tons of steam-driven steel, summiting the Sierras en route to San Francisco with a crafty gang of outlaws somewhere around the next bend, a baggage car jam-packed with deadly secrets, and a vicious killer hidden somewhere amongst the colorful passengers.
On the Wrong Track, Old Red and Big Red's much anticipated return, is filled with all of the wit, flavor, humor, and suspense that made Hockensmith's debut, Holmes on the Range, so beloved by critics and fans alike.

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  • Title On the Wrong Track
  • Author Steve Hockensmith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Minotaur Books, New York, New York, U.s.a.
  • Publication date January 8, 2008
  • ISBN 9780312372880 / 0312372884
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 5.44 x 0.82 in (21.03 x 13.82 x 2.08 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Western
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Western stories
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Steve Hockensmith is an entertainment journalist who writes for The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Newsday, Total Movie, and was the editor in chief of Cinescape Magazine. He also writes a monthly column for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine called Reel Crime, and his stories appear a few times a year in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Holmes on the Range, On the Wrong Track and The Black Dove featuring Old and Big Red.

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nice copy-oversize paperback has been read several times– cover still shining interior unmarked – there is wearing on its edges and a crease spine– check the pictures-It might be 1893 & the modern world may in full-swing, Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer- old-fashioned kind of guy: he prefers a long trail ride even when a train could get him where he's going in one-tenth the time. His brother Otto ("Big Red"), on the other hand, wouldn't mind climbing down from his horse & onto a train once in a while if it'll give his saddle-sore rear end a rest. Old Red who insists they sign on to protect the luxurious Pacific Express, despite a generations-old Amlingmeyer family distrust -farm-stealin', cattle-killin'- money-grubbin' railroads, Big Red is flummoxed. But Old Red, tired of the cowpoke life, wants to take a stab at professional 'detectifying' just like his hero, Sherlock Holmes & guard jobs for the railroad are the only ones on offer. So it is that Big Red and Old Red find themselves trapped on a… Read more
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