Blast to Oblivion

<p>Icily beautiful Flora Bennett declares she has been cheated of a bequest; that the pretty widow of her shotgun-murdered brother and his smooth secretary know more than they are letting on. To clear up the sorry mess of accusation and trickery ex-Pinkerton detective Joshua Dillard rides to a raw mining-town where the trail of inquiry becomes one of more violence and death! <br> </p><p><br>Mr O'Keefe has reworked the plot of a Sherlock Holmes story as an exploit of his ex-Pinkerton protagonist Joshua Dillard. The result is clever atmospheric and exciting. <em>- The Sherlock Holmes Society of London</em><br><br>The story opens with an epigraph from The Valley of Fear and with good reason: the book is a western with plenty of color and atmosphere and violence and a mystery that will not be a surprise to those who have read and remember Conan Doyle's story. <em> - Peter E. Blau the Baker Street Irregulars New York</em></p><p><strong>BONUS FEATURE:</strong> From Deerstalker to Stetson ... recasting Sherlock Holmes as Joshua Dillard.<br> </p><p> </p>