Anthony ReadReseñas

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The last book of the series starts off with this quote;
"I wish all Holmesian pastiche could be as honest, as knowledgeable, as enthusiastic and as well written - in short, as good - as these children's books."
The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

And I think that really sums up the series perfectly. I'm sad that this is the last book of the series - hopefully one day, Anthony Read may write more. I will certainly read them if he does. As the last book I would've liked to see more of all of the boys rather than just Wiggins, Sparrow and Gertie. But it was an interesting mystery and I'm sad to be finished my reread.

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.

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

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.

The Baker Street Boys books are lighthearted 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.

Although the Baker Street Boys is based on Sherlock Holmes canon - Sherlock himself is not a main character. In fact, although he is talked about and referred to a lot, he only really makes appearances at the beginning and ending of the books - instead imparting wisdom off screen (or page in this case) and handing off missions and instructions to be carried out. Instead, Wiggins takes on the role of Sherlock with Beaver as his Watson and the rest of the gang as backup.

#1: THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING DETECTIVE

In the Case of the Disappearing Detective, the Baker Street Boys (even though three of the seven boys are girls) are on surveillance. But the case goes awry when they find Sherlock has gone missing while checking out the information they found. The only clues they have is a trail of matchsticks, a padlocked door in an alley and the appearance of the 'Napoleon of Crime' - Professor James Moriarty. They continue to investigate and find not only has Sherlock been kidnapped but it looks like his kidnappers are planning to blow up the Queen at the opening of a new railway station. It takes all their combined smarts and cunning to foil the plot and save the day.

I really enjoyed the first book of the series. The mystery was well plotted and even managed a twist I didn't see coming. It was well written and was quite amusing and it had lots of action to keep it fast paced. 4 stars.

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.

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

Read all about the political intrigues and petty positioning of Hitler's paladins. The book provides short biographies of each of the main players and describes on a month-by-month basis their ups and downs in Hitler's organization.

A would-be war-like planet makes sacrifices to a minotaur-ish alien in exchange for technology.

There are a lot of nice silly bits (this is from Douglas Adams' season as script editor, and it shows), but otherwise it's crap.

Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: D
Acting: D
Music: C

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 1.7/4

I was going to try and tackle 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich', but got a little scared by how massive it was. This book examines Hitler's rise to power in connection with Goebbels, Himmler, and Goring. The author goes into great detail about each man, their backgrounds, their relationship with Hitler, their successes and ultimately their downfall. Anyone interested in the German perspective during WWII would find this interesting.

A gripping account of the rise and fall of a group of ambitious men who hitched themselves heart and soul to Hitler's star, rose to unimaginable heights, and then paid a terrible price. It shows that these grandiose figures who exercised life and death over millions almost all came from very humble backgrounds, and had Hitler never been born, probably would have lived out their lives in petty ignominy. The exception being Goering, who was of aristocratic stock, was a brave and decorated airman during WWI, and it seems to be implied, had the wherewithal and gifts to have made something of himself. That he didnt, that he surrendered to Hitler's siren song, and ended up in the court in Nuremberg as an overweight, drug-addicted, serial self-justifier accused of unspeakable crimes comes across as one of the great tragedies of the book. The others are shown for what they are, petty, scheming, untrustworthy, continually trying to pull each other down, and no sympathy is extended to them. A great read, recommended for anyone who really wants to know how the Nazi inner sanctum operated.½

A collection of biographies of several prominent figures of Nazi Germany. Gives a grudging admiration to Goering, and treats most the others as scum. Very interesting.

Sparrow entdeckt gefährliche Machenschaften hinter der sensationellen Theatershow «Marvin der Magier und die kleine Mary». Die Baker Street Boys agieren daraufhin auf eigene Faust. Das könnte ganz schön schief gehen, denn Hilfe von Scotland Yard ist nicht zu erwarten, da glaubt ihnen keiner. Die Baker Street Boys wären ohne ihren Strategen Wiggins verloren. Aber manchmal sind auch andere Fähigkeiten gefragt: scharfe Augen, Kenntnis eines bestimmten Milieus und großer Mut. Bei dem neuen Fall haben Sparrow und Rosie ihren großen Auftritt. Der theaterbegeisterte Sparrow jobbt nämlich als «Junge für alles» im Königlichen Varietétheater. Da gibt es eine neue Attraktion: «Marvin der Magier und die kleine Mary». Das hübsche Mädchen wird von seinem Vater hypnotisiert und erkennt dann Dinge, die es nicht sehen kann. Aber warum bedroht Marvin Mary in der Garderobe? Sparrow ist entschlossen, sie zu retten, und die «Boys» stehen voll hinter ihm. Noch ahnen sie nicht, welch gefährliches Spiel der «Magier» treibt. Und Sherlock Holmes ist nicht in der Nähe.

Der dritte Fall der Baker Street Boys führt mitten hinein in die mörderischen Intrigen rund um den Herrscher des kleinen indischen Reiches Ranjipur. Anthony Read verbindet in seiner erstklassigen Krimi-Serie spannende Handlung mit originellen Charakteren und viel gruseliger Stimmung. In einer Szene im Wachsfigurenkabinett der Madame Dupont sehen die Baker Street Boys den funkelnden Rubin zum ersten Mal. Der Raja vonRanjipur überreicht ihn Ihrer Majestät, Queen Victoria. Noch ist das Zukunft. Die Boys ahnen nicht, dass sie wenig später die Gelegenheit bekommen werden, Ravi, dem Sohn des indischen Herrschers, das Leben zu retten. Und schon sind sie in die gefährlichsten Machenschaften verstrickt. Zwei Morde geben Rätsel auf. Hat eine Sekte die Hand im Spiel? Und wie passt der wertvolle Rubin ins Bild?

Bei dem ersten großen Fall der Baker Street Boys kann Sherlock Holmes persönlich von Glück sagen, dass es sie gibt und eine weitere bedeutende Persönlichkeit nicht weniger. Sherlock Holmes löst auch die kniffligsten Fälle. Aber selbst er kann seine Augen und Ohren nicht überall haben. Was wäre er ohne seine Baker Street Boys unter ihrem Anführer Wiggins, der mit seinem Scharfsinn schon fast an den Meisterdetektiv heranreicht? Die sieben Boys darunter drei couragierte Mädchen haben ihr geheimes Hauptquartier in einem Keller im Hinterhof der Baker Street. Hier findet sie keiner, sie aber verfolgen unauffällig viele Spuren, wenn der große Detektiv wieder einen Auftrag für sie hat. Diesmal sollen sie einen Mann beschatten. Alles läuft wie gewünscht, bis sich der Mann am Ende einer Sackgasse buchstäblich in Luft auflöst. Aber noch alarmierender ist, dass kurze Zeit später auch Sherlock Holmes verschwindet.

I approached this book as an introduction to a period I don't know well enough and wasn't too concerned about the degree of scholarliness displayed. By the time I was done I'm quite sure that I would not recommend Read's narrative as a useful introduction, though he does seem quite sincere about providing a survey of the initial influence of the Bolshevik revolution on the Western world. However, as we all know, sincerity is not enough and I'm wondering what the point of this exercise all was. At the very least there is little attempt to explain that many of the social conflicts of 1919 were simply matters of old business that were being taken up again in the wake of the war, if only in a more virulent form, and would have arisen even without the emergence of the Leninists. I suppose that would mean that the author would have to express a theory of history, or at least social conflict, but you're not going to find that here. Maybe the author would have been better off writing a more focused book about World War I as a systemic shock making societies susceptible to panic, rather than simply writing about how the Bolshevik revolutionary was used as a bogeyman; again that would require Read to display a better sense of context.½

Part of a 4 book set. Did not read this, but used as additional reference while reading Anthony Beevours book.

This is a four book set, hardcovers and is some pretty serious reading. I will cover the individual books in separate listings. This is stunning addition to any library. I had to upload the cover file.

Written by the same author as "The Deadly Embrace" this book describes Nazi Germany's night of terror, 9-10 November, 1938, the first progrom against the Jews. In a wave of destruction, Jewish shops were wrecked and looted, 30,000 Jews were arrested and at least 100 killed.

"This book is a riveting account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of
all the great empires. The authors tell the epic story in compelling and
colorful detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier; their powerful
narrative takes a fresh look at many of the events and personalities involved,
especially the three charismatic giants - Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who
dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years. Meanwhile, a succession
of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and
repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match." --back
cover