It is an excellent spoof on Conan Doylel's Stories, in his language and style, and the touches of burlesque do not degenerate into slapstick. They are back. The celebrated detective and his friend—only this time the forces Holmes is required to pit his cerebral powers against are not so awesome. Indeed not, if they do not get more threatening than rampaging mice, parrots that swear and missing scarecrows. All of which Holmes tackles with characteristic panache ...
