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    Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off
    Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off
    Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off
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    Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off

    By Eve Titus, Cathy Hapka and David Mottram

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    Named one of “13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid” by Buzzfeed and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and scurrying off to Paris to discover who’s threatening the organizers of the Great Cheese Cook-off!

    Basil the mouse detective is called to Paris when the organizers of the Great Cheese Cook-off (an international culinary competition) start receiving threats against the event. Who could want to deprive all of mousedom of one of its tastiest nights?

    Basil immediately suspects Ratigan, who has escaped yet again and was seen lurking around Paris (and who, perhaps, holds a particular grudge against the event’s organizers). He sets off on his investigation at the event’s location, the Parisian College of Cooking (where local foodie mice hide out and take advantage of the school’s kitchens after the human students have departed each evening). But Basil is baffled when circumstantial evidence shows that it couldn’t have been his old enemy after all.

    With one suspect crossed off the list, it’s up to Basil to find out what’s going on—before those anonymouse threats ruin the Cook-Off—for good!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    ISBN9781534418615
    Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off
    Author

    Eve Titus

    Eve Titus (1905–2002) wrote many books for children during her long career, including the Basil of Baker Street books and the Anatole series.

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      Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off - Eve Titus

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      SAY CHEESE!

      SURELY EVERY MOUSE THE WORLD over has heard of the International Cheese Cook-Off! Held every year in Paris, it brings together the finest mouse chefs and most discerning lovers of cheese dishes from every corner of the globe.

      And of course, every mouse has heard of Basil of Baker Street, the world-famous detective and my dear friend. Basil has solved so many tricky cases that his fame, too, has reached every nook and cranny of the mouse world.

      Thus it was no surprise when Basil was called in to save the cook-off from the greatest threat to its existence imaginable and the most evil of plots from the most cunning of criminals—

      But allow me to tell you about it from the beginning. . . .

      It was the year 1895. Basil and I were at 221B Baker Street, our home as well as that of the world’s greatest human detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. We were hidden away in a corner of the great man’s study. That was where Basil had learned many methods of scientific sleuthing, methods that had served him very well over the years. But he, like Holmes himself, was always eager to learn still more, and so we often sneaked upstairs to eavesdrop.

      On that particular evening Basil was listening intently, scribbling notes in shortpaw as the brilliant detective discussed coded messages and handwriting analysis with his dear friend Dr. John H. Watson.

      I, however, had quite a different focus. While I had joined Basil on many of his most famous cases, I was at heart still a medical mouse—Dr. David Q. Dawson, at your service—and easily distracted from the in-depth details of detecting. And that night there was plenty to distract me, for Holmes’s housekeeper had set out a platter of fruits and cheeses for the men, and the odor drifting toward us was heavenly.

      Stilton, I murmured, closing my eyes and identifying the scents by nose alone. A creamy Caboc from Scotland. And, of course, a fine English Cheddar . . .

      Hush, Dawson, Basil scolded. I wish not to miss a word of this fascinating discussion.

      I stayed quiet after that. But later, as the two of us made our way down to the cellar, where our mouse town of Holmestead was located, my mind was still locked on the topic of cheese. Let’s stop at the cheese shop for a nibble, I suggested.

      All right. Basil was nearly always in a fine mood after an evening at Holmes’s foot, and tonight was no exception. I could enjoy a nice bit of Blue Wensleydale myself. . . .

      But halfway to the Holmestead Cheese Emporium, we spied a harried-looking mouse racing toward us. It was a youngster known as Nigel who often stood sentry at the edge of the village.

      Mr. Basil, sir, I’ve been looking everywhere for you! he exclaimed. There’s a message for you—from Paris!

      Nigel handed over a note. Basil unfolded it, and I peered over his shoulder, curious. The message was written in a tiny, precise hand, covering the entire sheet of paper, but though my eyesight is good, I could read scarcely a word of it.

      Oh, I said. It’s written in French!

      Of course. Basil thanked Nigel with a nod, then returned his gaze to me. Didn’t you hear the lad say it comes from Paris?

      As Nigel wandered off, Basil gave his full attention to the note. I waited patiently for him to translate it for me, knowing him to be fluent in French as well

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