Eye of the Crow:The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case
by Shane Peacok
Some ground work to the character of young Sherlock Holmes needs to be set. That said, once the reader understands the background to young Master Holmes...highborn mother marries poor Jewish father against all societal rules and family wishes, are outcasts in London 1860s, friendless and bullied Sherlock turns to his wits and interest to the police reports in the papers...the case takes on some shocking and exciting turns.
Sherlock becomes obsessed with a murder of a woman in the East End of London, a section of town he is strictly forbidden to wander. When the police bring in their prime suspect, a young Arab man, Sherlock intently watches the scene. The suspect speaks only to Sherlock. He tells him, "I didn't do it". As the crime and its suspect, who of course will hang for this, linger in Sherlock's mind, he finds himself drawn further into the murder details. However, it's when Sherlock's own life gets innocently entangled and accused of the same murder, that Sherlock MUST solve the crime....or find himself on the end of the hangman's noose!
Well...I'm not giving anything away...since this is the first in a series, we know Sherlock does manage to get out trouble but how and at what cost.
Be sure to check out young Sherlock's website too at http://www.theboysherlockholmes.com/
