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Sherlock and Me: The Case of the Feathered Snitch
Amateur sleuth Lucy James is drawn into the intrigue of a bygone war when she helps out her landlord by babysitting his parrot. The French speaking parrot shrieks out clues that lead Lucy to a mysterious diary and an elderly man with a secret. Her hands are full when a friend's dog disappears and her internship at the detective agency sours. With help from best friend Cindy and trusty dog Baskerville, Lucy assumes the guise of her beloved mentor Sherlock to confront her biggest challenge yet.
310 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2017
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October 18, 2021
I am really enjoying this series and hope there is a lot more adventures to come. This is the second book in the series and although it does continue on from the last book, with Lucy starting work at the detective agency you don't need to have read or listened to the first book to enjoy this book. Having said that it you like a good mystery with quirky and characters, then you might as well because both books were a lot of fun. There is a lot going in this book with a number of cases that needed investigating, which kept it entertaining. But the reason I like the series and I am off to start he next book after writing this review is because of the characters, they have just caught my imagination and I love listening about them. Not being a Sherlock Holmes fan I did worry that if there was to many quotes I would lose interest but that is not the case and in fact the Sherlock theme helps enhances the story. I also really liked the fact that Lucy still works at he cinema, giving the author chance for more fun and games at work. Just a fun, nice easy series that I might just have to get my mum hooked on.
Things aren't going well for Lucy as a trainee private investigator and she needs to work a second job as a assistant cinema manager. Her pi trainer would rather make notes about she is doing wrong than train her and stake outs are the worst. Then her collage adviser asks for her help, his dog has gone missing and his is not the first dog in the neighbourhood to have disapeared from fenced in gardens. Lucy, her best friend Cindy and dog Baskerville are soon setting up there own stake outs to find out what is happening. At the same time there landlord begs for help, his mother has just died and left him her loud French speaking parrot and he needs them to look after the bird while he finds him a new home. But the bird comes with his own mystery when her starts screeching about Nazis plunder. After a visit to her landlord mother's house she finds a diary that seem to hold the key to the answers. Can Lucy crack the code? find the time to learn more about the birds previous owners? Track down the lost dogs? Keep the cinema and employees running smoothly? As well as keep her job as a P.I in training?
I liked the narrator. She does a good job with all the different voices needed in this story, except the parrot kept making me jump.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request from audiobooksunleashed and have voluntarily left this review.
Things aren't going well for Lucy as a trainee private investigator and she needs to work a second job as a assistant cinema manager. Her pi trainer would rather make notes about she is doing wrong than train her and stake outs are the worst. Then her collage adviser asks for her help, his dog has gone missing and his is not the first dog in the neighbourhood to have disapeared from fenced in gardens. Lucy, her best friend Cindy and dog Baskerville are soon setting up there own stake outs to find out what is happening. At the same time there landlord begs for help, his mother has just died and left him her loud French speaking parrot and he needs them to look after the bird while he finds him a new home. But the bird comes with his own mystery when her starts screeching about Nazis plunder. After a visit to her landlord mother's house she finds a diary that seem to hold the key to the answers. Can Lucy crack the code? find the time to learn more about the birds previous owners? Track down the lost dogs? Keep the cinema and employees running smoothly? As well as keep her job as a P.I in training?
I liked the narrator. She does a good job with all the different voices needed in this story, except the parrot kept making me jump.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request from audiobooksunleashed and have voluntarily left this review.
May 4, 2021
This was a clever approach to a mystery. A parrot starts our amateur sleuth, Lucy James, on the path of an old mystery that needs investigation. Lucy helps her landlord by babysitting his parrot. The parrot, who speaks in French, provides clues that will lead Lucy to a mysterious diary. Channeling Sherlock Holmes, Lucy, her best friend Cindy (our Watson), and her dog Baskerville (as in Sherlock’s case, the Hound of the Baskervilles), sets off to follow the parrot’s clues and solve the mystery!
Sherlock Holmes has been a favorite of mine forever, both the books and the TV series. So this felt very comfortable catching occasional glimpses in the story line that reminded us of Lucy’s mentor. The author did a good job with this and it makes a very enjoyable read.
Sherlock Holmes has been a favorite of mine forever, both the books and the TV series. So this felt very comfortable catching occasional glimpses in the story line that reminded us of Lucy’s mentor. The author did a good job with this and it makes a very enjoyable read.
June 27, 2016
Good read
I thought it was a good mystery intense in spots, but lighted hearted. Liked the characters. I would recommend it.
I thought it was a good mystery intense in spots, but lighted hearted. Liked the characters. I would recommend it.
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