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.