The Case of the Haunted Horrors

Baker Street Boys #6

by Anthony Read

The sixth title in a thrilling, fast-paced adventure series about Sherlock Holmes's gang of street-urchin detectives.

When Sarge sees a ghost in one of the exhibits during his night watch at the Baker Street Bazaar waxworks exhibition, everyone tell him he must have imagined it. But the ex-army officer is adamant, and when his job is put on the line as a result, Wiggins and Beaver decide to spend the night there themselves to find out once and for all what it was that he saw. When they do, they realize that all is not as it seems. Suddenly the Baker Street Boys are catapulted into a mystery involving a Russian spy ring, a case of mistaken identity … and murder.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

Paperback

First published July 6, 2009

About the author

Anthony "Tony" Read (born 21 April 1935) was a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories. Since 2004 he regularly wrote prose fiction, mainly in the form of a revival of his popular 1983 television show, The Baker Street Boys.

Reviews

[Agnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story loved it sad I don’t have the rest of the books

[Matylda Neale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very entertaining and good there’s a bit of an accent but it’s good.

[Mella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read all of the Baker Street Boys books a couple of years ago but I was excited to find them in ebook at my local library. Although I am a little disappointed I can't find them on Amazon but anyway. So I'm rereading and they're just as great as I remember.

They're lighthearted sweet little mysteries filled with great characters and interesting plots. Wiggins and the gang are hilarious - from Wiggins imitation of Holmes, Gertie's insistence of being one of the boys, Queenie's obsession with the Queen, Shiner's love of trains, Sparrow's love of theatre, Rosie's super nose and Beaver's desire to be the Watson to Wiggin's Holmes. All of the gang actively contribute to the investigations and help to solve the mysteries and it's nice to see each member play a role and demonstrate their own expertise. Not everyone is good at everything - but they're all good at something.

This adventure is jam packed with action and spies and disguises and ghosts. I was happy to see the return of Gertie's dad although I'm sad for what it means for the Baker Street Boys.

I can't wait to get started on the next one.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am never sure if reading a number of books from a series back to back encourages you to become jaded towards them, expectations make you more critical or if genuinely they drop in quality. This is not really the case with this series but i will admit i didn't enjoy this book as much as the previous one. Possibly in that the previous book the book matured and became more tense or if this one tried to return to the simplicity of the earlier books. Either way it was a good read and fun adventure - there are now only two more to which i think i will tackle next.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fantastic adventure of the baker street boys!