When
I saw the book “Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye” by Len Bailey offered by
BookSneeze I thought it would be a good read.
I love the Bible, and like mysteries and Sherlock Holmes novels.
The
book brings back the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr.
Watson investigating 10 Bible mysteries as they travel, via a time machine
called the Needle’s Eye, to Biblical times as they watch events unfold firsthand. The mysteries include:
Why
did Ahithophel hang himself?
In
John 8, what did Christ write on the ground?
Why
did Jesus delay in coming to Lazarus?
Why
were Christ’s birth and death considered to be at the right time?
Why
were the Israelites instructed to march about Jericho one time for the first
six days, but seven times on the last day?
Since
I had recently studied David’s life, I was interested to read the first mystery,
why did Ahitophel hang himself. The
author did a good job in bringing out the background and details of this story
and presenting a case why Ahitophel hanged himself.
However,
my interest in the booked quickly waned as I continued to read. I found the book to be quite tedious and boring;
the chapters seemed to go on and on. One
problem was that the mysteries being investigated weren’t clearly stated at the
beginning of the chapter. The book jumped
around a lot and it was hard to track. Some
of Sherlock Holmes’ conclusions and answers to the mysteries were not clearly
presented.
While
the book is not entirely without merit, I would not recommend it. If I hadn’t agreed to read and review this
book, I wouldn’t have finished it.
I
thank BookSneeze for the opportunity to read and review this book.
