New Q&A!
Wanna hear how the “Holmes on the Range” series ended up coming back and what might be in store for its future? I reveal all in a Q&A on the Black Gate website. Check it out!
New "Holmes on the Range" chronology!
Over on the Black Gate website Bob Byrne has published a follow-up to his comprehensive overview of the “Holmes on the Range” series. This time he’s arranged all the stories and novels in chronological order, both in terms of the internal continuity of the series and its publishing history. Check it out!
New audiobook!
The audiobook for the newest “Holmes on the Range” story collection, Black List, White Death, is now available on Audible and Amazon. Just sayin’. You know — in case you’ve been waiting. Check it out!
New "Holmes on the Range" overview!
Bob Byrne has published an amazingly comprehensive introduction to the “Holmes on the Range” series over on the Black Gate blog. Check it out!
New story!
The just-released anthology Lawless: New Stories of the American West includes stories by an amazing array of Western writers…and me! My contribution, “Maverick County,” features a cameo by two characters up-to-date “Holmes on the Range” readers will know well. Check it out!
New 99 Cent Deal!
For the next week, the ebook of Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries is on sale on Amazon for just 99 cents. If you haven’t sampled the series yet, this is a good place to hop on: The title story, originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2003, is Big Red and Old Red’s very first adventure! Check it out!
New Q&A!
FYI, I’ve popped by the blog of author George Cramer to chat about my writing process and plans. Interested? Check it out!
"Black List, White Death" on sale now!
We’ve given you a lot of new “Holmes on the Range” to read this year, and we’re not done yet. Black List, White Death: Two Holmes on the Range Novellas is on sale now. Check it out!
"Partners in Crime" audiobook available!
The new “Holmes on the Range” short story collection Partners in Crime is now available as an audiobook. Narrated by Chuck Galco, it includes four stories previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and one exclusive, brand-new tale. Start listening now!
New "Holmes on the Range" novella collection!
We’ve put out a lot of “Holmes on the Range” books this year, haven’t we? Well, guess what. There’s still time for one more! Black List, White Death: Two Holmes on the Range Novellas comes out Dec. 19. Pre-order your copy now!
New "Holmes on the Range" short story collection!
Partners in Crime: Five Holmes on the Range Mysteries features four stories previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and a fifth that’s all-new! And it’s on sale now! Woo-hoo, right?
New freebie deals!
For the next few days, the ebook of the first “Holmes on the Range” novel is free on Amazon. Download your free copy now! Also free through the end of the week: the first novel in my tarot mystery series, The White Magic Five and Dime. Get it while it’s hot (and free)!
A whole week of podcasts with me!
My old buddy Jim Lenahan was kind enough to invite me onto his cool rock podcast “Rockin’ the Suburbs” as a special guest. Jim and I will be talking about story songs on episodes set to drop all this week. First up and already live: We discuss the clever island family drama “Shame and Scandal” and the country classic “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
New interview (with details about upcoming books)!
Now live on Scott Montgomery’s “The Hard Word” blog: a Q&A with yours truly in which I talk about writing the “Holmes on the Range” series and what’s up next for me after the current flurry of HotR books ends. Check it out!
ANOTHER new "Holmes on the Range" book is almost here!
“What?” I hear you say. “Another new ‘Holmes on the Range’ book? Already?” That’s just the way we do things these days, folks. It’s an avalanche of books, and you can’t stop them. Available for pre-order now (with a pub date of Nov. 28): Partners in Crime: Five Holmes on the Range Mysteries. Inside you’ll find five HotR stories, four previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, one brand-spankin' new!
More book tour dates!
In addition to my Poisoned Pen appearance Nov. 2 I’ll also be at the Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library in Tucson at 4 p.m. on Nov. 3 and Baker Street West in Jackson, California, at 2 p.m. on Nov. 18. Come out and say hi (and maybe buy a book or two)!
"Hunters of the Dead" audiobook now available!
“Holmes on the Range” fans who prefer to hear about Big Red and Old Red rather than read about them, your day has come: The new “HotR” novel Hunters of the Dead is now available as an audiobook courtesy of narrator extraordinaire Chuck Galco. Unfortunately, I managed to wipe that smile off Chuck’s face by making him record the name “Professor Pertwee” over and over until it sounded right to me. Sorry about that, Chuck!
Meet me at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore Nov. 2!
Now that the new “Holmes on the Range” novel is out, what’s an author to do? Go on a book tour, of course! Or a book jaunt, anyway. (Three events doesn’t quite feel like a “tour.”) First up: I’ll be at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. Come say hi!
Two thumbs up for "Hunters of the Dead"!
The seventh “Holmes on the Range” novel doesn’t come out until tomorrow, but the reviews are already in! “A delight to read…many laugh-out-loud moments,” says Western Fiction Review. “5 out of 5 stars…I’d forgotten just how much fun these books could be,” says Carstairs Considers. Have you preordered your copy?
"Dear Mr. Holmes" now available for pre-order!
Rough Edges Press is giving the original “Holmes on the Range” short story collection “Dear Mr. Holmes” a spiffy repackaging just like the rest of the series, and the result is now available for pre-order. Why do I call it “the original ‘Holmes on the Range’ short story collection”? Because a new one is on the way soon, too. Stay tuned!