Crack the case with the world's most famous detective! But before he became the great detective, who was young Sherlock Holmes? The first book in a series of mystery adventures featuring a teenage Sherlock and endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.

Death Cloud is the first in the Young Sherlock Holmes series in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager - creating unputdownable detective adventures that remain true to the spirit of the original books.

The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer's son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education - the backbone of the British Empire. But all that is about to change. With his father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously 'unwell', Sherlock is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire. So begins a summer that leads Sherlock to uncover his first murder, a kidnap, corruption and a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent . . .

Sherlock Holmes. Think you know him? Think again.

Continue the investigative adventures with Andrew Lane's Red Leech and Black Ice.

Fabulously written, a perfect homage to Conan Doyle and a great introduction to Holmes for younger readers.

Vorwort
Crack the case with the world's most famous detective! But before he became the great detective, who was young Sherlock Holmes? The first book in a series of mystery adventures featuring a teenage Sherlock and endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.

Autorentext
Andrew Lane is an author, journalist and lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan. He lives in Hampshire with his wife and son. Before Moriarty and before Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew's passion for the original novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his determination to create an authentic teenage Sherlock Holmes made him the perfect choice to reinvent the world’s most famous detective for the Young Sherlock Holmes series.

Klappentext
In Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes series, Britain's most famous detective is reimagined as a brilliant but troubled teenager. This series is addictive, thrilling and original whilst remaining true to the spirit of the original books. Follow young Sherlock as he solves mysteries in Death Cloud, tries to prove that John Wilkes Booth is alive and well in Red Leech, visits a troubled Mycroft in Black Ice, searches for his missing tutor in Fire Storm, gets kidnapped in Snake Bite, visits Ireland in Knife Edge, investigates a mystery in the Oxford University labs in Stone Cold, and goes to the ends of the world to keep his family together in Night Break.