Because is a tough year in Montana any job is a good job When Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar VR cattle spread theyre not expecting much more than hard work bad pay and a comfortable campfire around which they can enjoy their favorite pastime scouring Harpers Weekly for stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes When the boys come across a dead body that looks a whole lot like the leftovers of an unfortunate encounter with a cattle stampede Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to employ his Holmes-inspired deducifyin skills Putting his ranch work squarely on the back burner he sets out to solve the case Big Red like it or not and mostly he does not is along for the wild ride in this clever compelling and completely one-of-a-kind mystery.
