Three Bags Full was published back in 2005 written by Leonie Swann. I bought it brand new in hardcover back then, but never got around to reading it. To be truthful I did try once or twice to pick it up but it never really caught my attention to read through it.
I loved the title and the concept of the sheep playing the detectives. Recently I saw that it was made into a movie and I was determined to read the book before I saw the movie. So i picked it as book discussion selection and forced myself to pick it up and read through it. I suppose you can tell at this point, that I have not really enjoyed this mystery novel.
It is a clever idea to have the flock of sheep find the Shepard dead in the pasture and decide to play detectives and uncover his murderer. The Shepard has treated the flock very kindly and has promised them a trip to Europe. He reads mystery novels to them, so that is how they have ideas about how to investigate. the writing is clever with many animal references. This flock of sheep are very clever though some other sheep they meet in the story are not as smart.
Leonie Swann has written another book in this series, which I will check out. She has also written another series that feature elderly pensioners who live together and have a pet tortoise who assists in solving a crime. I have reviewed it here. I do believe I enjoyed that series more than this one.
I will watch the movie later on TV. I have heard it has been changed quite a bit to make it a family movie.
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