I am enjoying this book quite a bit. I like the way the story is framed so that you can set aside comparisons with other Sherlock Holmes stories. I also like the writing and the first few short cases that build their relationship. The very first one – the robbery at Monk’s Ton – made me remember a remark that Judy (I think) made when we were discussing Sherlock Holmes and similar mysteries.
Judy said she thought it ridiculous that, with just one look through a magnifying glass, someone would know the makeup of the soil and the vendor of the shoe that deposited it there. Judy’s remark made me laugh then and I laughed again as I read this first little case where they did exactly that. I wonder if those type of scenes are intentionally humorous? Is the author making fun of how unobservant we usually are?
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