THE INCREDIBLE SCHLOCK HOMES

Twelve loving parodies of the great detective?each a masterpiece in its own right The world-famous amateur detective Schlock Homes is making his way through breakfast when a telegram arrives. It takes but a moment?s deduction for the brilliant sleuth to determine that it was sent by a woman named Miss Wimpole, and that she is terribly upset. Homes knows this because the telegram reads, ?I am terribly upset,? and is signed, ?Miss Wimpole.? Miss Wimpole brings a case that stretches from the tombs of Egypt to the deserts of Mexico, with a stop at the racetrack in between, and it is but the first misadventure in this riotous collection of tales. Whether chasing a counterfeit sovereign or an ?Adam Bomb,? Schlock Homes and Dr. Watney never fail to have a marvelous time?even if they don?t quite catch their man.