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[NOTE: Displaced Detective Series is moving to a new publisher;
please be patient while we re-release them AND add more!]
The Displaced Detective series is switching homes!
We're moving to Enigma House Press, the mystery imprint of Hydra Publications! Stay tuned!
"...Stephanie Osborn in her Displaced Detective series has found a science fiction "...I have serious Sherlockian cred, so when I tell you that I absolutely LOVED "The array of supporting characters, both American and British are equally rich "...These books are like literary crack. I fell in love with her characters and her I'm especially proud of this next review, because that's exactly what I was going for: "It's like you took Holmes out from under a dusty glass dome in a shadowy Victorian "[The] books are wonderful. They go a step beyond what we think of as Holmes "A return to the homeland for Holmes! Today's England meets the famous detective "What an idea! The storyline continues, in merry old England, this time, with the "The settings can only be described as 'delicious.' Old fashioned outrage combined with Be sure to contact your local bookstore and ask them to stock Displaced Detective! Music Inspired By My Books
-- not fantasy -- way to bring Sherlock Holmes into our world...this is a Holmes who
has to adjust to being rudely extracted, plunged into the 21st Century with no way
to return...here is the real Homes, at the height of his powers, in 21st Century
America, much as I would imagine he would be...But he's still Holmes, and I found
the series well worth reading. Recommended."
~~Jerry Pournelle, science fiction master/best-selling author
Stephanie Osborn's Displaced Detective series, you should know that it comes
from a place of vast reading experience... I was smitten with her version
of Holmes, who springs off the page as a fully-realized character in his own
right...Dr. Skye Chadwick is pretty impressive herself. Smart, funny, talented --
she's the kind of woman many of us who were geek girls before being a geek
was cool wanted to become.
and well developed (I really love Braeden Ryker), but characters aren't the
only element of any story, there has to be a compelling plot as well, and these
mysteries have that in spades...Osborn's writing makes a tesseract that
connects real and fictional continua seem completely plausible.
world so completely that I've been telling all my friends 'YOU MUST READ THESE!'
And yes, I've been doing so in all caps."
~~Melissa A. Bartell, Bibliotica
over the years, Holmes has become a stereotype of sorts, and I wanted to make him
real for people again. According to Esther Willson, I managed it:
parlor crammed with momentos[sic] and knick-knacks and gave him a new lease on life.
Skye is cool too and their relationship helps make the multiverse a less lonely place."
~~Esther Willson, reader
and take him into the modern day, seamlessly transitioning from Victorian to modern."
~~Dellani Oakes, author of The Ninja Tattoo and book reviewer at Writer Sanctuary and Dellani's Choice
of past times.
continued presence of some old acquaintances and the introduction of definitely
surprising others! Social status is 'caste' aside when, again, preservation of this
'continuum' is threatened, among other things. Evildoers are evildoers regardless
of the timeframe. Some things just don't change! Holmes is, as always, in incredibly
good form and those foolish enough to challenge him will definitely fail.
space age technology adds to the mixture. Then, 'Sir' Sherlock and 'Lady' Holmes;
huh? My head nearly bursts with all of the unexpected, but, I LOVE IT! What else
can one say? READ IT, READ IT, READ IT!"
~~Bill Markie aka Webley, Nashville Scholars of the Three-Pipe Problem
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After the revelations in The Rendlesham Incident, Holmes and Skye find they have not one, The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings & Beginnings is the fourth book in an exciting 6 September 2012 Swag surprise! Love Potion Magickal Perfumerie, a wonderful artisan fragrance boutique, 15 November 2012 The ebook is AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE! 15 December 2012 The print book is AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE! More to come...
Copyright 2011 Stephanie Osborn. All rights reserved.ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Displaced Detective series is switching homes! We're moving to Enigma House Press, the mystery imprint of Hydra Publications! Stay tuned!
The Case of the Cosmological Killer books 3 & 4 of the Displaced Detective series, are now available in ebook from Enigma House Press, an imprint of Hydra Publications! Coming soon in print!
YOW!!! Science fiction master, best-selling author Jerry Pournelle read and reviewed the Displaced Detective series on his blog, Chaos Manor! He calls the series, "Recommended"!
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis, author and professor of History, has promoted the Displaced Detective books yet again! This time they are featured in her article, "Sherlock Holmes and Science Fiction, in issue #10 of Sherlock Holmes
Mystery Magazine!
PURCHASING (TBD)
Amazon Trade Paper (coming soon!)
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Writing The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings & Beginnings
but two, very serious problems facing them. Not only did their "UFO victim” most emphatically
NOT die from a close encounter, he was dying twice over -- from completely unrelated causes.
Holmes must now find the murderers before they find the secret of the McFarlane farm. And to
add to their problems, another continuum -- containing another Skye and Holmes -- has approached
Skye for help to stop the collapse of their own spacetime, a collapse that could take Skye with it,
should she happen to be in their tesseract core when it occurs.
and popular science fiction and mystery series.
and I have collaborated on a series of perfumes based on the Displaced Detective series!
We have Watson, a men's fragrance; 221b, a women's fragrance (think Skye!), and
Elementary Chapter 4, Holmes' own scent, which men AND women can wear! (If you're
THE Woman, that is!)
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