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Old Red Amlingmeyer and his brother and chronicler Big Red are invited to the Chicago World's Fair to participate in a contest to determine who's the greatest detective now that Sherlock Holmes appears to be dead. But a death interrupts the second day of the contest. Old Red is sure it's a murder, but neither the head of the Pinkerton agency, William Pinkerton, who is reluctantly running the contest, or the Chicago police want the reputation of the fair soiled by crime. There also seem to be a number of bearded men talking an interest in the brothers. Old Red, crochety as ever, dislikes crowds, public speaking, and the very idea of riding the Ferris Wheel. About the only thing he does like, aside from Sherlock Holmes, is Diana, the lovely detective that the Amlingmeyers have worked with before.

2023-03-03 09:20