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The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes is in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Fifteen killer, a serial murderer who leave...s no mark upon his victims. Mycroft allows Sherlock to take the case, as he has been asked to find a missing person--the fianc of the woman he loves. As Sherlock travels the country on the hunt for a murderer, both he and Mycroft will discover that the greed of others is at the root of the evil they are trying to unearth...
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| ISBN |
9781785659300 |
| Released NZ |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Publisher |
Titan Books Ltd |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Alternate Format(s) |
View All (1 other possible title(s) available)
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| Series |
Mycroft Holmes (part: 3) |
| Availability |
9 In-stock at supplier; ships 7-14 working days
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
| Reading Age |
General Audience |
| Library of Congress |
London (England), Missing persons, Murder - Investigation, Detective and mystery fiction, Holmes, Mycroft |
| NBS Text |
Crime, Thriller & Adventure |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
A third round of Victorian detection and domestic friction for the imperishable Holmes brothers. - Kirkus Reviews |
| UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 2 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Holmesian--7'2 tall, basketball's all-time leading scorer, and a U.S. cultural ambassador. He's written extensively, including What Color is My World (children's), Brothers in Arms (military history), and On the Shoulders of Giants (black history). His novel Mycroft Holmes, starring Sherlock Holmes lesser well known but far more talented older brother, was published in 2015. Anna Waterhouse has sold and/or optioned several scripts, consulted on a feature-length doc for HBO, was supervising producer/co-writer of Netflix/Showtime's On the Shoulders of Giants which won an NAACP Image Award for best documentary, has taught screenwriting at both Chapman University and at U.S.C., and is currently working on a limited series with acclaimed writer Robert Towne.
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