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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’s Ambrose Bierce mystery series has gained an impressive list of devotees, from Richard Ford to Diane Johnson and Amy Tan to Thomas Keneally. The sights, sounds, and smells of 1890s San Francisco surround readers as larger-than-life Ambrose "Bitter" Bierce tracks California’s notorious criminal minds.
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
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Book Description
Oakley Hall’s Ambrose Bierce mystery series has gained an impressive list of devotees, from Richard Ford to Diane Johnson and Amy Tan to Thomas Keneally. The sights, sounds, and smells of 1890s San Francisco surround readers as larger-than-life Ambrose "Bitter" Bierce tracks California’s notorious criminal minds.
The fifth volume in the series, Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots follows the outspoken newspaperman as he and his associate Tom Redmond hunt down a celebrity shooter. When Colonel Studely brings his world-famous Wild West Show to town, he gets more than just a warm welcome. As the parade makes its way down Market Street, the colonel is shot dead. With clues and sinister motives—a trail of seduction, a vengeful train robber, a haze of opium— emerging from every direction, Bierce is stymied, but pierces the fog to reveal the true culprit. Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots is a rough-and-tumble romp through gritty old San Francisco.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 4 books | 2 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: Miss Pratt, Miss Keith, Colonel Studely, San Francisco, Billy Buttons (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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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 Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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,
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 Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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,