Death Cloud

Written by Andrew Lane

Book #1 in the Young Sherlock Holmes series

A young detective uncovers a deadly mystery in 1868 Hampshire.

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336 pages· 72,409 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· 940L

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Bookroo's summary

In the summer of 1868, fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes finds himself in Hampshire, staying with his peculiar relatives. When mysterious deaths resembling the plague strike, Sherlock, with the help of his tutor Amyus Crowe, dives into a perilous investigation. As he unravels the truth, he faces a cunning villain with dark intentions. Can young Sherlock solve the mystery before more lives are lost?

From the publisher

It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers–his uncle and aunt–in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock’s true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.

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