Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle

My thanks to Arcturus Publishing for a digital review copy of ‘The Blue Carbuncle’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, retold by Alex Woolf and illustrated by Eve O’Brien. This is part of the publishers’ Sherlock Holmes Retold, a series of sixteen illustrated retellings of the classic detective mysteries, ad......more

"𝑶𝒉 𝒏𝒐, 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 - 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈." This series of classic Sherlock Holmes stories, adapted by Alex Woolf, serve as a wonderful introduction for younger readers of many ages to Holmes, Watson, and the adventures they......more

Thank you so much to Arcturus and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review This mystery is such an oddball mystery, a missing gem found hidden in a goose and very little clues to go in as to why or how or who had done it. But nothing stops Holmes and Watson from eventually piecing together all the......more

As noted in an earlier review, I very much enjoy this series of Sherlock Holmes titles for young readers. Each is a short chapter book with cartoonish illustrations. The stories are well and simply told while keeping that sense of wonder about the ways in Holmes is able to find clues and draw conclu......more