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great fun story and listen. chose it for the cover, loved it for it's content!

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A great sequel

This was a really fun adventure. Not a gritty crime thriller or an overlong mystery, it was punchy and light-hearted. My only criticism is there were a fair few throughaway lines to jog your memory of what happened in book 1. As I only recently listened to that they felt a bit clunky and heavy handed.

The characters were fun, Watson has character growth, it's all there. The narration was great too.

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A great sequel to book 1

First off I recommend listening to book 1 as it’s just as great. That said you can listen to this as a stand alone as there is a brief catch up but you will miss a lot of the backstory

The story follows Sherman Holmes a man who has been experimented on and once a day can get enhanced mental abilities for 5 minutes. He’s joined by Watson a secret agent who works as his handler and assistant. As the self proclaimed world’s greatest detective this is his first official case.

The main story is engaging and there are a few sub story lines that seem to set up for future books. The main story line does finish and is an enjoyable mystery. It’s a cozy mystery than something dark and graphic. It did remind me of a Scooby-Doo adventure in some of the humour and plot. As well as feeling nostalgic it makes it a fun mystery.

Narrator is the same as book 1, which I enjoy for continuity especially in pronouncing words. The voices for each character can be easily distinguished. They put a lot of emotion into the voices.

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This is a Fitting Homage to his Great Great Great Great Uncle Sherlocks Legacy

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Another excellent story with perfect narration

The same elements from my previous review on Book 1... And more!

To recap that: The narrator seems so fully engaged with and truly enjoying the story and characters, that you can't help but smile and enjoy it too. He gives a perfect performance, fully inhabiting and capturing the characters and their traits with expert precision and what feels like real affection for the adventure.

I've listened more than once and these books are now on my repeat listen list.

Even though the books are full of action and adventure, they're strangely calming.
This book 2 seems both in story and performance to be even more confident and in its stride than book 1 (like whoa, I thought the writing and performance were already perfect how could they have improved!?). I suppose now that Sherman and Watson are an official partnership, and know each other a little more, there's boundless potential for adventure!

The mystery in The Case of the Haunted Haunted-House is cleverly written, and it's great fun to be taken along on the adventure with Watson and Sherman as they try to figure out what's going on. There is more character exploration too which is really well done, and it's interesting to learn more about our fellas.

I like the new characters in this tale a lot (so much that it seems sad that they probably won't be in the next book as it will be a new adventure). Oh yeah that's something I forgot to say in the previous review... That not only does the narrator capture the main characters so well but also gives skillful and varied performances for all the other characters we meet too.

Again, got to show some appreciation for Sherman and Watson's relationship. It's really fun to listen to Sherman behaving inappropriately or unexpectedly (some more laugh out loud moments there), and to Watson trying to cope with it. The moments of affection and friendship between the two are awesome too. I thought the way most of the other characters react to Sherman in this book was pretty sweet.

To summarise: Another great paced and fun romp, this one in a cool haunted house, where we learn a little more about the characters, and get to hear a mystery being solved.

I feel like I might be leaving out something important, but I must go now,

I have a strange craving for peanut butter crackers...

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A fine sequel.

Brilliantly narrated. done the story justice. As for the story! Awesome sequel. look forward to more. And on a side note! Would make a brilliant TV show I think!

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Another great story from Hayes

Loved it, can't wait for now in the series.
Great humour, easy flow. Can't find fault

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Peanut Butter Crackers 😄

Settling into their new lives, Holmes & Watson happen upon fun characters - especially Gwen, Agent 808 and Old Gill – and isn’t Peanut Butter Crackers an adorable name for a cat? Sherman and Joel’s evolving partnership and friendship was as emotionally resonant in CotHHH as it was in CotDD - the character work around Holmes protecting his Watson was especially perfect!! And when Sherman and Joel had a conversation about isolation and mortality the writing and dialogue was sublime. The author’s funny bone was on full display but not everything landed with the haunted house mystery and Sherman’s use of his cognitive window lacked flair.

🎧 The narrator’s enthusiastic vocals for Sherman remain precious! He did a fantastic job narrating a much bigger cast of characters, even managing to make a father and son sound different yet alike. As I had waxed lyrical about the narrator’s work in my review of the CotDD, I will not gush again! What I will say is that after Sherman and Joel, Mr. Aiello is the MVP here. I fervently hope that Scott Aiello remains on narration duty.

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A fun listen this

I had enjoyed the first book so grabbed this when it came along. And enjoyed the listen.

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wonderfully warped

I quite enjoyed the story and the quirky duo, the narrator makes it work

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