#2. Jimmy Kudo/ Conan EdogawaCreated by: Gosho Aoyama

You want to talk about one of the most popular series around than you do not have to look in farther than Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed.

#2. Jimmy Kudo/ Conan EdogawaCreated by: Gosho Aoyama

You want to talk about one of the most popular series around than you do not have to look in farther than Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed.

Tilt A Whirl
By Chris Grabenstein
Carroll & Graf / Avalon

In the seaside resort community of Sea Haven, New Jersey, the police don’t have much to do. John Ceepak, formerly a military policeman with a thirteen year career in the Army, has recently been hired as Sea Haven’s new chief of police.

The Empress of India by Michael Kurland
St. Martin’s Minotaur, February 2006
ISBN 0-312-29144-2
Hardcover

In early 1890, the Bank of England needs help. A shipment of gold (in exchange for newly minted paper currency) will be coming to London from India on board The Empress of India, and all sorts of potential problems stand in the way of a successful (and uninterrupted) transfer.

Holmes on the Range
By Steve Hockensmith
St. Martin’s Minotaur $22.95
ISBN 0-312-34780-4
Hardcover

Travel back to Montana in 1893, and join the colorful Amlingmeyer brothers in an adventure (not coincidentally) reminiscent of one of Sherlock Holmes greatest cases.

Twenty year old Otto and twenty-seven year old Gustav Amlingmeyer—otherwise known as Big Red and Old Red—join five other cowboys who have been hired by foreman Uly McPherson and his brother Ambrose to work at the Bar-VR ranch.