Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi
| Original Title: | Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi |
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| Written by: | Leonie Swann |
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| Synopsis: | A flock of anthropomorphic sheep solve the mystery of who killed their shepherd. Once they do that, they have to inform the humans. |
| Genre(s): | Detective |
| First published: | 2005 |
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.
Tropes used in Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi include:
- All Love Is Unrequited: Beth to George, Ham to Kate, Father Will to Alice, and possibly Kate to George
- 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 Rebecca is to bring the sheep to Europe.
- Dreaming the Truth: Miss Maple. Subverted.
- Driven to Suicide
- Five-Man Band:
- The Hero: Miss Maple (doubles as Smart Guy)
- The Lancer: Othello
- The Big Guy: Mopple the Whale
- The Chick: Zora
- Mentor: Melmoth
- Hypocritical Humor: When the mysterious man shows up to murder Rebecca, 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: Rebecca Flock
- 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.
- Suicide, Not Murder
- That Mysterious Thing: "Heather has a Thing!"
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Gabriel