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Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots (Ambrose Bierce Mystery Novels) [Paperback]

Oakley Hall (Author)


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Ambrose Bierce Mystery Novels January 31, 2006
“Oakley Hall is a master craftsman. . . . Intrigue will keep you turning the pages.” —Amy Tan

From Thomas Pynchon to Richard Ford, Amy Tan to Diane Johnson, the list of devotees of the Ambrose Bierce mystery series continues to grow as the larger-than-life hero tracks down California’s most malevolent criminal minds. In this rough-and-tumble romp through gritty Old San Francisco, Ambrose Bierce and his faithful associate Tom Redmond are on the trail of a celebrity sniper. Amid seduction, revenge, wing shots, ambuscades, knife throwers, free-love colonies, a friendly opium parlor, and a letter from Queen Victoria, Ambrose Bierce and Tom Redmond must turn up the true killer.

“Oakley Hall has found the perfect Holmes of the West in Ambrose Bierce, and an ideal Watson in the guise of Tom Redmond. Ace of Shoots is beautifully written and devilishly entertaining—as much fun as a Wild West shoot-’em-up extravaganza.” —Mark Childress

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Bierce, the real-life nineteenth-century journalist, returns for his fifth adventure, narrated as always by Tom Redmond, Dr. Watson to Bierce's Sherlock Holmes. Colonel Studley, operator of a popular Wild West show, brings his extravaganza to San Francisco, where he is promptly shot dead. The prime suspect: Oswald Bird, a train robber with a couple of scores to settle. But, as Bierce points out, Studley's show is full of expert marksmen (and one very special woman), and the identity of the culprit is far from obvious. The Bierce series, which has deservedly won Hall a legion of fans (including many noteworthy authors), shows no signs of slowing down--if anything, it's still gathering speed, each book just a little sharper and more suspenseful than the one before. Hall combines two very tricky genres, the historical mystery and the mystery with a real-life figure as its hero, and does it beautifully. A snappily written yarn. David Pitt
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"Oakley Hall has found the perfect Holmes of the West in Ambrose Bierce, and an ideal Watson in the guise of Tom Redmond. Ace of Shoots is beautifully written and devilishly entertaining—as much fun as a Wild West shoot-’em-up extravaganza."
—Mark Childress

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (January 31, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0143036815
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143036814
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,515,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Just before the Colonel Studely Wild West Show tragedies, because of an attack of asthma and the importunities of a young poetess, Ambrose Bierce had exiled himself to the Putnam House hotel in Auburn, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Read the first page
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Miss Pratt, Miss Keith, Colonel Studely, San Francisco, Billy Buttons, Short Bear, Vigilance Committee, Oswald Bird, Willie Hearst, Dora Pratt, Sam Chamberlain, Darkey Duncan, Hungry Valley, The Devil's Dictionary, Ace of Shoots, Chief O'Brien, Miss Merkle, Miss Powers, Professor Franklyn, Market Street, Ambrose Bierce, Ike Guttman, Enrique Garza, Miss Dory, Robbie Studely
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