If you have read The Crack in the Lens or The Consulting Detective Trilogy Part I: University then you have met Jonathan Beckwith, the Yorkshire lad who becomes young Sherlock's servant in the first book and goes with him to Cambridge in the 2nd. Some readers have wondered what became of Jonathan after University.
Jonathan has always been one of the characters who has spoken to me the most and I could not expect him to be silent while he and Sherlock were apart.
It has long been my intent to release The Adventures of Jonathan Beckwith as a Young Adult book. It runs parallel with TCD Trilogy Pts 2 & 3. BUT it also overlaps with those books twice in Pt 2 and once in Pt 3. So I cannot release the entire AJB without releasing spoilers of the other two books.
The solution? I am going to divide AJB into 3 parts which will be released as e-books only initially. The paperback version will be released after all 3 e-book parts.
AJB Part 1 follows Jonathan's adventures on the train northward and his first few months back in Yorkshire. More villainy than you would expect! But no spoilers. It will be released in late September or early October.
AJB Part 2 will overlap with several chapters of TCD Trilogy Pt II and will be released at the same time -- sometime next year. Jonathan & Sherlock Holmes will be reunited in London for 2 more adventures. Lives are at stake, including theirs!
AJB Part 3 will cover Jonathan's own trials and tribulations of growing into adulthood including an unforgettable trip to the City of York. Then he will be reunited with Sherlock in Sheffield for one last (well maybe not) adventure which also overlaps with TCD Pt III.
Jonathan has always been one of the characters who has spoken to me the most and I could not expect him to be silent while he and Sherlock were apart.
It has long been my intent to release The Adventures of Jonathan Beckwith as a Young Adult book. It runs parallel with TCD Trilogy Pts 2 & 3. BUT it also overlaps with those books twice in Pt 2 and once in Pt 3. So I cannot release the entire AJB without releasing spoilers of the other two books.
The solution? I am going to divide AJB into 3 parts which will be released as e-books only initially. The paperback version will be released after all 3 e-book parts.
AJB Part 1 follows Jonathan's adventures on the train northward and his first few months back in Yorkshire. More villainy than you would expect! But no spoilers. It will be released in late September or early October.
AJB Part 2 will overlap with several chapters of TCD Trilogy Pt II and will be released at the same time -- sometime next year. Jonathan & Sherlock Holmes will be reunited in London for 2 more adventures. Lives are at stake, including theirs!
AJB Part 3 will cover Jonathan's own trials and tribulations of growing into adulthood including an unforgettable trip to the City of York. Then he will be reunited with Sherlock in Sheffield for one last (well maybe not) adventure which also overlaps with TCD Pt III.
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Aug 31, 2012 09:13pm
Excellent news! Jonathan is an effective character and I can certainly see how one could learn much more about his own narrative thread, often out of view of young Sherlock. Moreover, I want to learn more about him, since he already emerges as a rounded character.
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When Jonathan first jumped down with his crude wooden sword in The Crack in the Lens, I thought that would be the beginning and the end of his appearance but he turned and asked Sherlock to teach him how to fence. He never let me forget that and often came back to me and said "You forgot about my part in that" or "I know more about that than you are telling." He was irresistible and often willing to tell more of Sherlock's tale than Holmes would ever consider. I could not deny the size of his role in Part I of the Consulting Detective Trilogy. But we both knew he would have to leave at the end and his life would take a different path. It was necessary for them both and, in time, it will leave the door open for Dr. Watson.
You let the different pieces fall into place very naturally. It doesn't feel forced--the dramatic irony of knowing where this leads never overwhelms because Young Sherlock is already his own man, on his way to becoming the mature, complicated genius we know from Conan Doyle.
That is wonderful news to here. I really liked Jonathan in the two books and was sad when Sherlock sent him home at the end of the latest book. I can't wait to read these and to see, what well become of Jonathan.
Oh, lovely! We'll get Johnathan back! I was very disappointed when Sherlock sent him home and also sad for him, because what would he do now alone in the country after he has lived a more exciting/fulfilling live at Sherlock's side? It seemed a bit unfair to just abandon him!
