When a shepherd is killed in a little Irish village, his sheep decide to solve his murder themselves. The investigation is led by the wise Miss Maple who soon discovers that everything may be much more complicated than it seemed at first. The premise is great, and there are some very cute ideas in this book. What I liked especially was that Swann didn’t make the sheep humans in sheep bodies but that she tried to give them their own way of thinking. Supposedly, they […]
“Maple thought optimistically that human beings, on their good days, weren’t much dimmer than sheep.”
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann