On the Case with Holmes and Watson 2: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure at the Abbey Grange - Softcover

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761362002 ISBN 13: 9780761362005

Publisher: Graphic Universe, 2010

Synopsis

After a murder, lies run wild at the Abbey Grange. Will the truth be told?
Scotland Yard calls in Holmes and Watson to investigate the murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall. But the evidence doesn't match up with the witnesses' stories. Holmes knows foul play is afoot. Will he find the killer? Or is this one mystery too difficult to solve?

About this title

Product Description

Graphic novel

Review

"Adapting Holmes stories into comics is very challenging, which makes these books all the more impressive. Very little happens in a typical Holmes story: something goes wrong, the detectives interview a series of people, the hero sits around thinking, and eventually he confronts the culprit. Comics are a visual medium, and in the same way that readers of novels--in which it's perfectly all right to describe at length the thought processes of a brilliant detective--tend to enjoy detective stories better than moviegoers do, comics readers tend to want to see things moving...not smart people sitting in chairs and thinking deeply. Sophie Rohrbach's illustrations are cunningly designed to address this challenge. She moves the point of view around dramatically, zooming in on Watson, for example, when he finally figures out something Holmes realized an hour ago, or swiveling the perspective so that we fail to see the face of a suspect whose identity would eliminate the mystery. The creators also interject short bits of narration on Watson's notepad to maintain the sense that Watson is writing down these adventures shortly after he has experienced them. The result is a mystery that is always engaging, even when the action is mild." --Teacher Librarian

--Journal

"These graphic novel-style adaptations of Holmes's adventures are well suited to middle graders. The dialogue is reminiscent of Conan Doyle's writing yet easier to follow. The illustrations' cartoon characters are appealing, but the heavy black lines and dark palette are sometimes intrusive." --The Horn Book Guide

--Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: Graphic Universe
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761362002
• ISBN 13: 9780761362005
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Rohrbach Sophie
• Number of pages: 48