Sherlock Holmes and the Boscombe Valley Mystery

On the Case with Holmes & Watson #10

by Murray Shaw, M.J. Cosson (Adapter), J.T. Morrow (Illustrator)

James McCarthy is the only suspect in his father’s murder. Yet Sherlock Holmes and James’s childhood friend Alice Turner believe he is innocent. Can Holmes unveil the real story behind the murder in Boscombe Valley in time?

Genres: Mystery, Graphic Novels, Crime, Classics, Middle Grade, Comics

48 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Murray Shaw is a kitchen designer and a writer of books for children about Sherlock Holmes.

Reviews

[David Aynat]

A little simplistic this time around. I’m starting to not enjoy how it’s impossible to follow along and solve the mystery because you don’t have all the data that Holmes does.

In this one, he finds that the patron of McCarthy is guilty due to his gait and desire to protect the daughter. Also thought it was very rich of Turner to say that McCarthy was the bad guy when he got his fortune through robbery and literally committed multiple murders.

[Anthonia]

Always a great tale with Sherlock Holmes. a must read for any and all mystery fans everywhere

[Todd]

A case out in the country, where evidence clearly shows that a young man murdered his father. Or does it?

[Hisham]

I love this book

[Claudia]

Another graphic novel of this series. This time Holmes and Watson join Lestrate in the countryside to investigate a murder. For Lestrate the case is clear, but Holmes think it isn't the way it looks.

3,75/5

[lena]

Unfortunately, it was a comic.

[ROR]

3.5

[Lamar]

Great installment of Holmes and Watson!

[Silver]

This story is about Sherlock Holmes investigating the murder of a man. He sets out to clear the name of the suspect, who Holmes thinks is innocent. It was an interesting story and was the type to make me try to figure out the ending as I read. Overall interesting, but considering the subject matter (murder/death) and vocabulary it would definitely be for older children.
This is most definitely a mystery book. It is set in the late 1800s and much of the artwork has a sepia tone to give it an old feel. the way the picture boxes were laid out was similar to a classic comic style but were overlapped in a way to make it look like printed photos in a case file. This correlated with the theme since it was written to resemble one. Instead of white gutter space, the background of each page was brown. Some pages (ones that contained the most text) were set up to look like notes contained in a manila folder. All of these elements created the old mystery case feeling.

[Tony Keefer]

Got this and the other Sherlock Holmes Graphic Universe book on the cheap at NCTE. Thought it might be fun for my classroom. Story was ok, but art was rather pedestrian. Some of my avid gn readers did like these though.

[Samantha Green]

Who murdered Macarthy? When two young men start fighting, a man known from the past can interfear. But when one young man is accused of the murder, things go haywire! Can Sherlock Holmes figure out who killed Macarthy before it's to late?

[Ragne]

Oh, how I would like to live in the time of gentlemen! Although this mystery is quite easily solved after a few pages, it is still a good story, and a great reflection upon human behaviour and life.

[Chloe]

Very mysterious!

[Afiq MT]

this book sound so interesting to me

[Rajat]

Worth a read story

[SLADE]

Pardon the completion date. I finished this a while back and forgot to add it.

I really enjoyed this story. It involves Holmes setting out to prove the innocence of a man that seems obviously guilty to us mere mortals. Holmes, however, is not swayed or burdened by what seems obvious, but rather is a slave to facts and logical conclusions.

I don't want to spoil the story so pick it up for yourself and get to reading.