The Case of the Greek Key (Post 3)

I would like to comment on the direction that the Holmes story is taking. Holmes is helping out the war effort instead of receiving cases to solve like in the first two books. It seems like the government is using Holmes as another weapon in the war (WWI, I think). Well, I learned from the Beekeeper's Apprentice that Holmes was a spy. But I didn't learn much about what he was spying on and for whom. Even in that book he received cases to solve. Now he is portrayed as a man leading the war effort, perhaps. Once Holmes breaks the code, England has a much better chance against the Germans.

In addition, Holmes seems to resemble Robert Langdon from The Davinci Code now. The First Sea Lord came back to Holmes with another type of code and Holmes says that the type of code dates back many centuries. Now he is like Langdon and has the knowledge of scripts and symbols. This just shows that Holmes has many abilities. All of which help him solve mysteries.