In the highly anticipated follow-up to the breakout offbeat hit Three Bags Full, an enterprising flock of sheep must get to the bottom of just who—or what—is leaving a trail of grisly destruction in its wake.
With one solved mystery under their wooly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French chateau. But their new home is far from idyllic. A number of the sheep from the previous flock have disappeared, and deer are dying an unnatural death in the forest. The goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?
When a human falls victim, it becomes clear that even fantasies can be fatal. And the last thing the sheep want is to lose another shepherd. With the help of the strange goats in the neighboring field, they follow the werewolf’s trail in a desperate attempt to save both themselves and Rebecca with sheep logic, courage, and concentrated food.
Praise for Three Bags Full
“An original and clever mystery, with a flock of endearingly woolly detectives. I may never eat lamb chops again.” —Carl Hiaasen
“Sheep make great detectives. I loved this book.” —Robert B. Parker “Refreshingly, joyously different.” —Sunday Telegraph
“Moments of High Comedy come thick and fast. . . . This entertaining, lighthearted mystery is told from a refreshingly novel perspective.” —Daily Mail
“This sheepy society—sometimes touchingly naïve, sometimes surprisingly astute—has an inexhaustible, quirky charm.” —Salon
“Swann has written a surprisingly satisfying murder mystery that will appeal to PETA members and diehard crime novel fans.” —Post and Courier
“Genuinely odd and affecting . . . The best sheep detective novel you’ll read all year.” —The Guardian
“It’s rather as if Agatha Christie had rewritten The Wind in the Willows, and I ended by loving it.” —The Independent
Leonie Swann grew up near Munich and earned degrees in philosophy, communications, and psychology from Munich University and the Munich School of Philosophy. Her debut novel, Three Bags Full, became an instant hit, leading the German bestseller charts for months. It has since been translated into twenty-six languages, won both the PETA Award and the prestigious Glauser Prize for crime fiction in the debut category, and will soon be a major motion picture. She has now published six books, including The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp, and lives and works in the English countryside near Cambridge.
Amy Bojang is a translator of German-language literature. She has an MA in Modern and Contemporary German Studies from the University of Nottingham. In 2017, she was selected by the journal New Books in German for their Emerging Translators Programme. She lives in England.
In the highly anticipated follow-up to the breakout offbeat hit Three Bags Full, an enterprising flock of sheep must get to the bottom of just who—or what—is leaving a trail of grisly destruction in its wake.
With one solved mystery under their wooly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French chateau. But their new home is far from idyllic. A number of the sheep from the previous flock have disappeared, and deer are dying an unnatural death in the forest. The goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?
When a human falls victim, it becomes clear that even fantasies can be fatal. And the last thing the sheep want is to lose another shepherd. With the help of the strange goats in the neighboring field, they follow the werewolf’s trail in a desperate attempt to save both themselves and Rebecca with sheep logic, courage, and concentrated food.
Reviews
Praise for Three Bags Full
“An original and clever mystery, with a flock of endearingly woolly detectives. I may never eat lamb chops again.” —Carl Hiaasen
“Sheep make great detectives. I loved this book.” —Robert B. Parker “Refreshingly, joyously different.” —Sunday Telegraph
“Moments of High Comedy come thick and fast. . . . This entertaining, lighthearted mystery is told from a refreshingly novel perspective.” —Daily Mail
“This sheepy society—sometimes touchingly naïve, sometimes surprisingly astute—has an inexhaustible, quirky charm.” —Salon
“Swann has written a surprisingly satisfying murder mystery that will appeal to PETA members and diehard crime novel fans.” —Post and Courier
“Genuinely odd and affecting . . . The best sheep detective novel you’ll read all year.” —The Guardian
“It’s rather as if Agatha Christie had rewritten The Wind in the Willows, and I ended by loving it.” —The Independent
Author
Leonie Swann grew up near Munich and earned degrees in philosophy, communications, and psychology from Munich University and the Munich School of Philosophy. Her debut novel, Three Bags Full, became an instant hit, leading the German bestseller charts for months. It has since been translated into twenty-six languages, won both the PETA Award and the prestigious Glauser Prize for crime fiction in the debut category, and will soon be a major motion picture. She has now published six books, including The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp, and lives and works in the English countryside near Cambridge.
Amy Bojang is a translator of German-language literature. She has an MA in Modern and Contemporary German Studies from the University of Nottingham. In 2017, she was selected by the journal New Books in German for their Emerging Translators Programme. She lives in England.
