Steve Hockensmith

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2005
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Holmes on the Range Mystery

1 - Holmes on the Range (Feb-2006)
2 - On the Wrong Track (Feb-2007)
3 - The Black Dove (Feb-2008)
4 - The Crack in the Lens (Aug-2009)
5 - World's Greatest Sleuth! (Jan-2011)
6 - The Double-A Western Detective Agency (Dec-2018)
7 - Hunters of the Dead (Oct-2023)

Multi-Author Series List

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Apr-2010)
Dreadfully Ever After (Mar-2011)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

1 - Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Apr-2010)
3 - Dreadfully Ever After (Mar-2011)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • Fred Menace, Commie for Hire

    in Show Business Is Murder

    Lights...Camera...Murder! Behind the velvet ropes and closed curtains, buried in the back lots, you'll find the darker side of the spotlight. It's where stars are created overnight, and burn out just cis quickly. Where deals are made to be broken,...

  • Holmes on the Range

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 1

    1893 IS A TOUGH YEAR IN Montana, and any job is a good job. When brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as hands at a secretive ranch, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a few free moments to enjoy their favorite p...

  • Blarney

    in Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.

  • On the Wrong Track

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 2

    Gustav Old Red Amlingmeyer is an old-fashioned kind of guy: He prefers a long trail ride even when a train ticket can get him where hes going in one-tenth the time. His brother Big Red, on the other hand, wouldnt mind climbing down from his horse and...

  • The Black Dove

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 3

    In the summer of 1893, Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer and his brother Otto (a.k.a. "Big Red") find themselves down and out in San Francisco. Though cowpokes by training, the brothers are devotees of the late, great Sherlock Holmes and his trademark met...

  • The Crack in the Lens

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 4

    In 1893, Otto "Big Red" Amlingmeyer and his brother Gustav, "Old Red" find themselves in a situation that they never expected. They have a bit of money and time to do something other than scramble. It's enough to confound even that most unconfoundabl...

  • Dawn of the Dreadfuls

    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - 1

    Readers will witness the birth of a heroine in Dawn of the Dreadfuls -- a thrilling prequel set four years before the horrific events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. As our story opens, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the Engli...

  • World's Greatest Sleuth!

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 5

    In 1893, the Amlingmeyer boys venture forth from the west in response to a summons from Ottos ("Big Red") publisher -- they are to come to Chicago immediately, to the Worlds Columbian Exposition, and compete with some of the most famous detectives i...

  • Dreadfully Ever After

    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - 3

    When we last saw Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy -- at the end of the New York Times best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- they were preparing for a lifetime of wedded bliss. Yet the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr. Darcy is n...



  • Dear Mr. Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes-worshiping cowboys Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have starred in six “Holmes on the Range” novels, rustling up award nominations and fans aplenty as they cracked mysteries using the methods of their English hero. How did these O...

  • Naughty

    "It's the most wonderful time of the year," the old song tells us. But that doesn't mean the people celebrating it are always so nice. Criminals get the Christmas spirit, too! In this collection of hilarious short stories, you'll see what the thieves...

  • Cadaver in Chief

    HE CAME TO WASHINGTON FOR BRRRRRRRRAINS.NO WONDER HE'S STILL HUNGRY.The undead have risen from their graves, and society hangs by a thread. But America's political parties aren't going to let a little thing like the zombie apocalypse get in the way o...

  • An Introduction to Jewish Myth and Mysticism

    in An Apple for the Creature

    Includes a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!

    What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal from Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, editors of Home Improvement: Undead Edition?...

  • The Double-A Western Detective Agency

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 6

    SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS THE OLD WEST IN THIS ACTION-PACKED WESTERN MURDER MYSTERY FULL OF RANGE WARS AND RUSTLERS.Sherlock Holmes-worshiping brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have finally achieved their dream of starting their own sleuthing busi...

  • Curious Incidents

  • The Last Noel

    The clatter of loose Legos drew her away from the door. Monkeyberry Toys’s final customer was heading to the checkout counter, and she wanted to be there when he arrived. She’d ring him up herself. “Did you find what you were looking for?” sh...

  • Frank

    Frank is a long-retired police detective with a new mystery to solve: Is someone stealing mundane things like toothpaste and dishwashing liquid from his neighbor? With his memory failing, he can’t be sure there have actually been any crimes...or th...

  • Hunters of the Dead

    A Holmes on the Range Mystery - 7

    SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS THE OLD WEST IN THIS FAST-PACED MURDER MYSTERY THAT UNEARTHS MORE THAN JUST FOSSILS. The A.A. Western Detective Agency takes on a new case in 1894 Wyoming, a land of bandit gangs and rustlers, when a group of scientists come to ...

  • Black List, White Death

    DISCOVER THRILLING WESTERN ADVENTURES WITH COWBOY DETECTIVES BIG RED AND OLD RED AMLINGMEYER!In Black List, the Amlingmeyer brothers ride into the Arizona Territory on a quest to unearth a buried secret, coveted by a ruthless cattle baron. Can Old Re...



  • Partners In Crime

    Ride into a world where Sherlock Holmes meets the Wild West.Saddle up for adventure with the eccentric cowboy detectives, Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer, as they embark on a thrilling journey to establish their dream detective agency in the Wild Wes...

  • i

    Iris Rourke feels useless. She’s an underpaid copy editor, which means she usually spends her days battling misspellings, unnecessary Oxford commas (like the one the editor has inserted here!), and bad font choices that most people won’t even not...

  • Hired Guns

    Embark on a Wild West odyssey where gold-seeking turns into a blood-soaked pursuit in 1894.When former Army officer Oswin Diehl ventures into Mexico in search of fortune, he encounters more than he bargained for-bandits and chaos. Saved by old comrad...

  • No Hallowed Ground

    In a relentless chase across Missouri, four brave souls confront a hidden cabal of Confederate conspirators in a battle for the nation's future.When the A.A. Western Detective Agency needs to hunt men down, it turns to its toughest operatives: former...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Steve Hockensmith has published 23 books.

Steve Hockensmith does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, No Hallowed Ground, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Steve Hockensmith, Fred Menace, Commie for Hire, was published in August 2005.

Yes. Steve Hockensmith has 1 series.
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