ANDREW LANE works for the British government and has been an ardent Sherlock Holmes fan since the age of ten. He has written numerous spin-off novels based on the BBC sci-fi television series Doctor Who and is the author of The Bond Files: An Unofficial Guide to the World's Greatest Secret Agent. He lives in Dorset, England.
"A solid mix of adventure and character, this may be the best in the series so far." --Booklist "Sherlock Holmes fans will enjoy the electrifying adventure and value the insights into the character traits that make the adult Holmes so fascinating." --Kirkus Reviews "What a blast. Weird murders, creepy villains, fiendish puzzles, non-stop action. What more could you want from a book?" --Charlie Higson, author of the internationally bestselling Young Bond series on Death Cloud and Rebel Fire "Should impress the detective's fans of all ages . . . An elementary success story." --The Independent (London) on Death Cloud and Rebel Fire "Rich in period detail, it has tasters of Holmes's deductive genius and insights into how his character was made, plus a diabolical villain . . . A self-contained and rewarding adventure." --The Sunday Times (London) on Death Cloud and Rebel Fire "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle left many clues to Sherlock Holmes's origins in his tales, but it has taken Andrew Lane to do the detective work of ferreting them out and fitting them together into an intelligent, authentic, persuasive, and downright exciting depiction of the English boy who will one day become Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street, London, the world's first consulting detective. Lane's teen Sherlock Holmes comes to life in Death Cloud and the other volumes to come in the series: it is a profile Conan Doyle would not only recognize, but greet enthusiastically as consistent with his own image of the character. So it is with both pleasure and pride that his Estate endorses these books for young adult readers, who will become readers of Sir Arthur's own Sherlock Holmes stories in turn." --The Conan Doyle Estate on Death Cloud and Rebel Fire
Gr 6- 9-Teenage Sherlock Holmes is embroiled in another mystery when he visits his brother Mycroft at his club in London. He discovers Mycroft in a locked room with a dead body, a knife in his hand, and no recollection of what happened. Together with his mentor Amyus Crowe, Sherlock searches for clues that will save his brother from prison. His quest to discover who framed Mycroft leads him through the shady side of London and on to Moscow where he becomes part of a larger, more sinister plot. Narrator James Langston brings all the characters to life-from the Holmes brothers and Crowe to violinist Rufus Stone and the cast of the British acting troupe on tour in Russia. This episode (Farrar, Straus, 2013) will delight fans of Andrew Lane's previous books.-Amanda Rollins, Library Media Specialist, Northwest Village School, Plainville, CT (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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