Reading the Detectives discussion

Welcome to our April/May 25 buddy read of The Curse of the Giant Hogweed The fifth book in the Professor Peter Shandy series, first published in 1985.

Professor Shandy, propagator of the world's most renowned rutabaga and Balaclava College's best amateur sleuth, takes on the case of the Giant Hogweed--a garden pest about to wipe out Britain's lovely hedgerows. With colleagues Dan Stott and Timothy Ames at his side, he leaves the groves of academe for some fancy fieldwork deep in the heart of Wales. But never in their wildest dreams did the three professors expect the bizarre events that awaited them ... where Miss Hilda Horsefall's recipe for homemade lye soap becomes as valuable as Dan Stott's knowledge of The Chronicles of Narnia...and where pursuing the wild asparagus ... or rather the Giant Hogweed ... becomes a dangerous expedition indeed.

Please feel free to post spoilers in this thread.

I enjoyed it the least of all the series, but still enjoyed it. Once I was used to where they found themselves I did enjoy watching them deal with it.

Dan thought it was like stumbling into Narnia and that works for me.

I did miss Helen and the other women, although what's her name (the college president's wife) was there. I mean, a version of her.

Interesting ... Glad I listened to it but would not have missed it if I hadn't. Nice humorous touches.