The Black Dove

In San Francisco in 1893 in search of a real detective job, Gustav 'Old Red' Amlingmeyer and his brother Otto, a.k.a. 'Big Red,' two cowboys and devotees of the Sherlock Holmes method of 'detectifying,' take on an old acquaintance who takes a shot at them in Chinatown, a young lady bearing bad news, and a gang of hatchet-wielding Chinese tong members. 30,000 first printing.