Synopsis
A quick-witted insect sleuth, patterned after Sherlock Holmes, displays his brilliant powers of deduction in solving five mysteries.
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Review
Do not miss! -- Chicago Tribune "Chicago Tribune"
Bravo, Joe and Bill! -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Philadelphia Inquirer"
A first rate presentation! -- Detroit News "Detroit News"
Clever and suspenseful! -- School Library Journal, starred review "School Library Journal, starred review"
Excitement and humor! -- New York Times Book Review "New York Times Book Review"
Sherlock Holmes fans of all ages must read this hilarious homage! -- Newsday "Newsday"
From the Inside Flap
Now in its third printing: a collection of five detective stories with an all-insect cast of characters. Follow Inspector Mantis, of brilliant mind, supersensitive antennae, and iron grip, and his faithful sidekick Doctor Hopper, an accomplished violinist and long-jumper, along with a bevy of buggy bandits, as they solve entomological cases with clever sleuthing.
Going forth from his little cottage at 221B Flea Street, Inspector Mantis, accompanied by his trusted colleague Doctor Hopper, solves "The Case of the Missing Butterfly," "The Case of the Caterpillar's Head," and three other antennae-bending mysteries puzzling the populace of Victorian Bugland. Criminal detection, combined entomology, makes this, in the words of The Horn Book, "the most engaging and cleverest reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson yet." Joe Servello's color and pen-&-ink drawings bring exquisite period detail to these tales: steam engines, deerstalkers, fog, and mandibles have never been more lovingly crosshatched.
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