Brian's trip to his grandparents' farm keeps him from the neighborhood film festival featuring his favorite sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. But Brian soon discovers a mystery of his own on the farm, and with his new friends, Mumbles and Darcy, he sets out find out why Grandpop's cattle are dying mysteriously.
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From Publishers Weekly
This is the first Monster Hunters Case, a book that exhibits Garden's talent for spooky tales. Brian's visit to his grandparents' farm isn't as carefree as in the past; the cows are dropping dead of unknown causes, which could bring on financial ruin. A Sherlock Holmes fan, Brian hopes to discover the killer and is joined by Mumbles, a scientist, and Darcy, an impetuous athlete. None of them is prepared for the possibility that something supernatural is behind the deaths of the cows, until it looks as if Brian has become the next dish on a vampire's menu. The story falters only once, when the sleuths outwit the vampires too neatly. After an eerie and suspenseful build-upand a beautifully evoked Vermont settingthe ending may disappoint but will not dissuade readers from seeking out Monster Hunters Case #2. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7 Tedious and mundane rather than suspenseful and eerie, Garden's first book in her new series has no bite. The storythree preteens, using Sherlock Holmes as a role model, investigate the mysterious cause of the malady killing a herd of cowsis laboriously told. When, more than halfway through, they find that vampires are responsible, the abrupt shift is jarring. Neither section is successful, though, as the realistic possibilities are dull and the supernatural explanation is not well developed. When dealing with poisons and cow parasites, the children speak intelligentlyand unrealisticallyto professionals. Yet when they decide to risk their lives by confronting the vampires, they rely on half-remembered scenes from old movies. For all of the problems with the stereotyped human characters, the vampire characters are even more cliched, wavering uneasily between serious and tongue-in-cheek descriptions. Considering that Garden has written convincingly about vampires in the past (Prisoner of Vampires Farrar, 1985), this lifeless book is a big disappointment. David Gale, ``School Library Journal''
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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