Young Miss Holmes casebook 5-7 (Read for fun)

This is the final casebook for "Young Miss Holmes" and it is appropriately set up as a finale. Christie's parents are finally coming home.

 There is more original content here, such as backstory information for the Hope family and what Christie's father has been doing in India while his daughter solves cases in London.

The author takes a different approach to each of these cases, which increases variety and furthers the original content/re-invention of the tales instead of simply adding Christie's group to them. For instance, the "the Dying Message" is framed as Christie relating the case to her grandmother. Holmes has already solved it and the grandmother wants to try solving it herself while spending an evening with Christie. "The Famous Trainer" has Christie and Holmes Working-The-Same-Case. She doesn't even know there is a case until a little ways in, being primarily interested in a suspicious canary seller who has started a trend among her fellow daughters of nobility.

 "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" is particular interesting. In this book, it is revealed to be an attempted assassination centered squarely on Christie, and is thus the most original of the entire series. It is also the least like a mystery and more like an action-y home-defense thing. It also introduces a foil for her. I wish I could see more those two working together.

 

The art continues to be great. It is cute and does a good job of both setting the scene and building tension across the panels.

I would like to continue reading with the "London Massive" sequel series but I can't find it in English (or at all, really).

 

Trickster Eric Novels gives "Young Miss Holmes" an A+

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Brian Wilkerson is a independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).

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