Rohan Gavin. (2014). K-9. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Rohan Gavin. 2014. K-9. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Rohan Gavin, K-9. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.

Rohan Gavin. K-9. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.

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   • bioText: Rohan Gavin attended Exeter College, Oxford and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he worked as a screenwriter. He went on to write the Knightley & Son trilogy, one of Kirkus' Best Children's Books of the Year, Sunday Times and Boston Globe Book of the Week, described by the Daily Mail as 'a young Sherlock for our times'.
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Darkus Knightley, tweed-wearing, mega-brained, thoroughly logical 13-year-old investigator of the weird, was just getting used to having his dad back in his life. Then Alan Knightley went off-radar, again, leaving Darkus with a traumatised ex-bomb-disposal dog as his only partner in crime-solving.
Now things are getting even stranger. Family pets are being savaged by a beast at a top London beauty spot. Policemen have been tracked and attacked by a particularly aggressive canine. And two curiously alert hounds seem to be watching Darkus's house. No one is using the word werewolf – yet – but as the full moon approaches, it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to work out that someone or something sinister is messing with the minds of London's dog population. A mysterious canine conspiracy is howling for the attention of Knightley & Son . . .
Criminally good detective adventure, perfect for fans of Sherlock and sharp-minded sleuths of all shapes and sizes . . .
www.knightleyandson.com

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   • content: Praise for K-9 (Knightley and Son 2): The second in the Knightley and Son series gets a little darker, offering more bite, tragedy and paternal dysfunction, as well as respectable levels of gore. Darkus Knightley is the primary tool his periodically comatose father, Alan, taps to continue investigating the elusive criminal gang, the Combination. At the end of Knightley and Son (2014), their partnership looked promising and, optimistically, so did their fractured familial relationship. As the book opens, however, paterfamilias is working alone again. Darkus, left in the company of an incontinent but loyal former war dog, discovers something afoot. A number of dogs are missing at Hampstead Heath, and enormous, bloodthirsty mutts are appearing during full moons to maul police officers (werewolf theories abound). Pressing his father to work together again, Darkus finds that Knightley's suggestion that they be a detecting duo was more of a pacifier than a promise, and the feeling of abandonment returns. This is readable as a stand-alone, but familiarity with the first installment will give readers the full scope of Darkus' frustration with a physically and emotionally absent father. Though it suffers some from second-book syndrome, its closer examination of the father-son relationship, the endearing boy-and-his-dog thread, the conversely violent thrill of the occult, and one of the creepiest, multifaceted villains this side of Moriarty will ensnare readers. A teeth-gnashing thriller more macabre than its predecessor, it will have readers (ahem) howling for a third.
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   • content: Praise for K-9 (Knightley and Son 2): Young fans of Sherlock Holmes will be happy to see this
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   • source: Sunday Express, Best Children's Novels Summer 2014
   • content: Praise for K-9 (Knightley and Son 2): The perfect case for father-and-son detective team, Knightley & Son
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   • source: Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2014
   • content: Praise for Knightley and Son: A rousing page-turner with one fault: It ends
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   • source: Daily Mail
   • content: Praise for Knightley and Son: Aimed at young adventurers, Rohan Gavin's Knightley & Son, for age 10+, perfectly combines comedy and crime-solving as young Doc Knightley tries to discover what caused his father, a private investigator, to fall into a coma. This is an engaging debut and the tweed-loving Doc is a young Holmes for our times
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   • source: Kirkus Reviews, starred review
   • content: Praise for Knightley and Son: Heaps of mystery, dry humor and tweed abound in this exemplar of crime fiction à la Doyle ... A rousing page-turner with one fault: It ends
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   • source: Sunday Times
   • content: Praise for Knightley and Son: Dangers are faced in London in an engaging, characterful debut . . . with enjoyably convincing family relationships
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   • source: Guardian Best New Children's Books, Summer 2014
   • content: Praise for Knightley and Son: Full of suspense, intrigue and humour this is a modern day classic detective mystery
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     January 20, 2014
     What if The Secret were evil? That’s what 13-year-old Darkus Knightley and his father seem to be up against in Gavin’s debut, in which a self-help book called The Code appears to be tied to a rash of criminal activity. Darkus adores his father, private investigator Alan Knightley, though it isn’t always easy: Alan never betrays much emotion, and that’s when he’s conscious (he’s been in a comalike trance for four years). Darkus has memorized his father’s case files, which comes in handy after Alan suddenly awakens, ready to take on the Combination, a criminal organization he believes is “responsible for almost every unexplained crime, both great and small, in towns and cities across the country... and possibly even the world.” Cerebral and humorless “disciples of reason,” Darkus and Alan aren’t the most engaging team, and the supporting cast is underutilized, especially the women, whether it’s Darkus’s mother, his revenge-driven stepsister, or his father’s Polish housekeeper, who’s the center of too many “jokes” about her stilted English. The action picks up toward the end, but it’s a long haul to get there. Ages 10–12.

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      December 1, 2014
      

      Gr 7 Up-The latest "Knightley & Son" adventure (Bloomsbury) is a paranormal mystery following the same format as its predecessor. This time, readers encounter a werewolf story. As Darkus struggles with his relationship with his father, he is also drawn into a rather unusual mystery. The young detective doesn't believe in werewolves, so what else could be leaving such odd footprints? Gavin continues the character development from his previous book, though readers attempting to jump into this second installment may be a bit lost; it's best to start with Knightley & Son (2014). Overall, a fun, engaging romp, perfect for middle school students looking for suspense with a touch of the paranormal.-Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ

      Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Criminally good detective adventure, perfect for fans of Sherlock and sharp-minded sleuths of all shapes and sizes . ....

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