Glennkill

Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi is the original German title of Three Bags Full: a sheep detectvie story, written by Leonie Swann and translated by Anthea Bell. The story follows a herd of sheep as they try to find out who murdered their shepherd.

This book provides examples of:


 * All Love Is Unrequited:
 * Amateur Sleuth: All of the sheep, but expecially Miss Maple
 * Angsty Surviving Twin: Sir Ritchfield
 * Big Eater: Mopple the Whale
 * Black Sheep: Othello, literally
 * The Butcher: Literally.
 * Crap Saccharine World: The sheep are utterly adorable as they go about solving a murder.
 * The Cuckoolander Was Right: at the Smartest Sheep of Glennkill Contest, [[spoiler:Tom O'Malley stands up and shouts "The sheep! They're trying to tell us about George's murder! The bartender's response? "Sit down. You're drunk again."
 * Disney Dog Fight: How the lawyer determines that is to bring the sheep to Europe.
 * Dreaming the Truth: Miss Maple. Subverted.
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Hero: Miss Maple (doubles as Smart Guy)
 * The Lancer: Othello
 * The Big Guy: Mopple the Whale
 * The Chick: Zora
 * Mentor:
 * Hypocritical Humor: When the mysterious man shows up to murder, she pleads with him, "Isn't there anything I can do to convince you I'm not a threat?" He replies "That would be nice, but I'm not quite that unprofessional." "I didn't mean that! They do it anyway.
 * Intoxication Ensues: Mopple and the "grass."
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Motive Misidentification
 * Never Found the Body: George went out to look for Melmoth. He came back without Melmoth and smelling like death.
 * One-Scene Wonder: The lawyer
 * Predators Are Mean: The sheep do not like dogs. Or the butcher.
 * Punny Name: The book's German title is Glennkill. The shepherd, George Glenn, is killed.
 * That Mysterious Thing: "Heather has a Thing!"
 * A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing:
 * That Mysterious Thing: "Heather has a Thing!"
 * A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: