Title: The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures - Michael Hoeye
The individual books are: Time Stops For No Mouse, The Sands of Time, No Time Like Show Time, and Time To Smell The Roses
Media: Children's book series
Approx length: 4 books, all on the order of 250 pages or so
Where to find it: It should be reasonably easy to get hold of the first book - I think later books may be out of print and they're a bit harder to track down, though I've had good luck with finding them second-hand. Also, I think the first two have an audiobook, I'm not sure about the rest.
What is it, in summary?: Set in the rodent high society of Pinchester, Hermux Tantamoq, a watchmaker mouse turned amateur detective, finds himself solving mysteries and getting embroiled in adventures, trying to figure out how to confess his feelings for the dashing aviatrix and adventuress Linka Perflinger, and trying to navigate the world of fashion, art, and unscrupulous academia that he is surrounded in by his friends and neighbours.
What do you love about it?: I love Hermux being an everymouse in a quirky cast of weirdos - particularly his neighbour and nemesis, beauty mogul Tucka Mertslin, whose plotting and scheming and chain of spectacularly poor choices of romantic partner drive a lot of the plot. The slow-building romance between Hermux and Linka is very sweet, and based on a mutual respect and admiration. The setting is really great fun, with provocative art, outrageous fashion, and socially tense nights at the opera interspersed with jungle adventure, ancient tombs, Bond-esque villainy, and all the while Hermux just hoping for a peaceful afternoon fixing cuckoo clocks and eating doughnuts.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'd probably be looking for case fic, worldbuilding, or some adventure with a sprinkle of romance.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: You can read the first book to meet all the characters I plan to nominate and get a good feel for the world and the kind of story Hoeye tells with it.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): They're children's books, so there isn't much to warn about beyond some pointed guns and fantastical peril. Relations between different animal species does mirror some real-life race relations, with mouse supremacy and frowned-upon interspecies relationships coming up in the second book in particular.
The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
The individual books are: Time Stops For No Mouse, The Sands of Time, No Time Like Show Time, and Time To Smell The Roses
Media: Children's book series
Approx length: 4 books, all on the order of 250 pages or so
Where to find it: It should be reasonably easy to get hold of the first book - I think later books may be out of print and they're a bit harder to track down, though I've had good luck with finding them second-hand. Also, I think the first two have an audiobook, I'm not sure about the rest.
What is it, in summary?: Set in the rodent high society of Pinchester, Hermux Tantamoq, a watchmaker mouse turned amateur detective, finds himself solving mysteries and getting embroiled in adventures, trying to figure out how to confess his feelings for the dashing aviatrix and adventuress Linka Perflinger, and trying to navigate the world of fashion, art, and unscrupulous academia that he is surrounded in by his friends and neighbours.
What do you love about it?: I love Hermux being an everymouse in a quirky cast of weirdos - particularly his neighbour and nemesis, beauty mogul Tucka Mertslin, whose plotting and scheming and chain of spectacularly poor choices of romantic partner drive a lot of the plot. The slow-building romance between Hermux and Linka is very sweet, and based on a mutual respect and admiration. The setting is really great fun, with provocative art, outrageous fashion, and socially tense nights at the opera interspersed with jungle adventure, ancient tombs, Bond-esque villainy, and all the while Hermux just hoping for a peaceful afternoon fixing cuckoo clocks and eating doughnuts.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'd probably be looking for case fic, worldbuilding, or some adventure with a sprinkle of romance.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: You can read the first book to meet all the characters I plan to nominate and get a good feel for the world and the kind of story Hoeye tells with it.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): They're children's books, so there isn't much to warn about beyond some pointed guns and fantastical peril. Relations between different animal species does mirror some real-life race relations, with mouse supremacy and frowned-upon interspecies relationships coming up in the second book in particular.
- Triss_Hawkeye