What do You think about El Misterio De Cooper Beeches (2000)?
At the opening of THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES, Sherlock Holmes is pensive, dogged by the certainty that "the days of great cases are passed. Man, or least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality." Holmes had been relegated to finding lost "lead pencils" and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools." With that, Holmes tossed a crumpled note to Watson to read from Miss Violet Hunter, a governess seeking his advice.Upon arrival at the appointed time, Miss Hunter began telling the London sleuths her encounter with Jephro Rucastle. It seems that the young governess had lost her situation due to the family leaving England. Desperate for money, she inclined Miss Stoper of the Westaway agency to find employment. During the interview, Mr. Rucastle of Copper Beeches, Hampshire, offered her a governess position for his six year old son, Edward, with some unusual conditions. She was to cut her amber tresses to a short length, and she was to accomodate Mrs. Rucastle by wearing a certain blue dress when requested. The unusual requests weighed on the young woman, and before she would accept the overly generous offer, she must be assured that Holmes would come if summoned to a perilous situation. Holmes agreed, and within a fortnight received her plea.Additions to the original story emerged...there was a dog, the size of a calf, chained to an outhouse, vicious and malnourished. Only the servant, Toller, could manage the beast. There was the shuttered room, with light from an open roof, with a locked secured by Mr. Rucastle. There was a strange man observing Miss Hunter when she sat with her back to the window in the blue dress.And there was Rucastle's threat that if she ever went to the locked room, he would loose the chained dog upon her...Holmes predicted he had reached "the inevitable zero-point" in interesting cases. The Copper Beeches' mystery proved him wrong, as the famous sleuth is able to use his rare gifts of logic and reason to solve the complex mystery. Highly Recommended.
—Jman
I really did enjoy the nice little thrill ride that was The Copper Beeches. Holmes little speech on the untold horrors of the countryside really set the tone for what was to come. The massive mastiff and the almost bipolar Rucastles certainly added to the flair. I was really hooked when Violet found a little something in her desk drawer! However, I felt that the climax of the story was a pretty big letdown. I was expecting something truly sinister and macabre behind that door.
—Dtigers15
This is an easy to read book, that just took me an hour to read.
—Rai
cool
—Luisanna
