Sherlock Book Review - Sherlock Cat and The Thwarted Thespian - Heather Edwards and Amanda Downs

David Marcum

There have been a lot of kids books related to Sherlock Holmes. There are countless variations of the adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars in various combinations. There are several series looking at the life of Young Sherlock Holmes. All serve to give young readers a sense of who Holmes is, serving as a gateway to lead them to the true Canon. This series does the same, but in a new and unique way – a Sherlockian mystery narrated by cats.

In Heather Edwards’ first book, “Sherlock Cat and the Missing Mousie”, two cas decided to emulate Holmes and Watson. Now, in the sequel, they have the opportunity to encounter the real Holmes and Watson . . . or do they?

The book is excellently illustrated by Amanda Downs, and one only wishes that there were even more illustrations. It will be interesting to see what this Holmes and Watson get into next time...

Sherlock Cat and The Thwarted Thespian is available from this site but also from:

Amazon USA      Barnes and Noble USA     Amazon UK 

The director threw himself into a seat in the front row of the theater before hollering, “Start at the beginning of the play!”

That’s when the magic happened.

The thick, red curtains swept apart, and, suddenly, we were looking at 221B Baker Street! It was just as I’d imagined it: there were two chairs in front of a fireplace, a skull sitting on the mantelpiece next to a stack of letters that had been stabbed into the wood with a knife. There was even a violin sitting on one of the chairs. And then, Sherlock Holmes, The Great Detective himself, came onstage, wearing a swirling cape and deerstalker hat! Beside me, Sherlock’s eyes widened. “Watson, do you know what this means?” he whispered.

 “No,” I whispered back. “What?”

 “It means,” Sherlock gasped, “that Sherlock Holmes is real!”

 And once again, the game was afoot!