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Young Sherlock Holmes #4
Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm
A friend who has vanished. A raging fire. A man who claims to raise the dead. Sherlock Holmes is at a loss. His friend and her father have disappeared. Their house is empty, as if nobody has ever lived there. His attempts to solve the case take Sherlock to Scotland, and into an even darker mystery - one that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers and a man who says he can control the dead... (Large Print Edition)
267 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Andrew Lane
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During 2009, Macmillan Books announced that Lane would be writing a series of books focusing on the early life of Sherlock Holmes. The series was developed in conjunction with the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Lane had already shown an extensive knowledge of the Holmes character and continuity in his Virgin Books novel All-Consuming Fire in which he created The Library of St. John the Beheaded as a meeting place for the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who.
The first book in the 'Young Sherlock Holmes' series – Death Cloud – was published in the United Kingdom in June 2010 (February 2011 in the United States), with the second – Red Leech – published in the United Kingdom in November of that year (with a United States publication date under the title Rebel Fire of February 2012). The third book – Black Ice – was published in June 2011 in the UK while the fourth book – Fire Storm – was published originally in hardback in October 2011 with a paperback publication in March 2012. The fifth book, Snake Bite was published in hardback in October 2012 and the sixth book, Knife Edge was published in September 2013. Death Cloud was short-listed for both the 2010 North East Book Award. (coming second by three votes) and the 2011 Southampton's Favourite Book Award. Black Ice won the 2012 Centurion Book Award.
Early in 2012, Macmillan Children's Books announced that they would be publishing a new series by Lane, beginning in 2013. The Lost World books will follow disabled 15-year-old Calum Challenger, who is co-ordinating a search from his London bedroom to find creatures considered so rare that many do not believe they exist. Calum's intention is to use the creatures' DNA to help protect the species, but also to search for a cure for his own paralysis. His team comprises a computer hacker, a free runner, an ex-marine and a pathological liar.
During 2009, Macmillan Books announced that Lane would be writing a series of books focusing on the early life of Sherlock Holmes. The series was developed in conjunction with the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Lane had already shown an extensive knowledge of the Holmes character and continuity in his Virgin Books novel All-Consuming Fire in which he created The Library of St. John the Beheaded as a meeting place for the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who.
The first book in the 'Young Sherlock Holmes' series – Death Cloud – was published in the United Kingdom in June 2010 (February 2011 in the United States), with the second – Red Leech – published in the United Kingdom in November of that year (with a United States publication date under the title Rebel Fire of February 2012). The third book – Black Ice – was published in June 2011 in the UK while the fourth book – Fire Storm – was published originally in hardback in October 2011 with a paperback publication in March 2012. The fifth book, Snake Bite was published in hardback in October 2012 and the sixth book, Knife Edge was published in September 2013. Death Cloud was short-listed for both the 2010 North East Book Award. (coming second by three votes) and the 2011 Southampton's Favourite Book Award. Black Ice won the 2012 Centurion Book Award.
Early in 2012, Macmillan Children's Books announced that they would be publishing a new series by Lane, beginning in 2013. The Lost World books will follow disabled 15-year-old Calum Challenger, who is co-ordinating a search from his London bedroom to find creatures considered so rare that many do not believe they exist. Calum's intention is to use the creatures' DNA to help protect the species, but also to search for a cure for his own paralysis. His team comprises a computer hacker, a free runner, an ex-marine and a pathological liar.
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May 22, 2018
Again, a story with lots of suspense, with twists and turns – this time, after the States and Russia, Sherlock and Matty are bound to Edinburgh with Rufus Stowe, to try and retrieve Amyus Crowe and daughter Virginia from the clutches of a really really evil man (they usually are in the Young Sherlock adventures) –
I also gave a good cheer when, at the beginning of this story, our young Sherlock and his friend Marry helped the Holmes family to get rid of the detestable Mrs. Eglantine –
This story ends on a cliffhanger, I will thus have to read the following story to know what happens to the young detective, who makes me really think a lot of the adventures of the young Indiana Jones series on television –
One last little thing – I’m really annoyed by the way Mr. Lane has his Amyus Crowe character speak – it’s absolutely not necessary to have a « Ah » for a « I », etc. I’m partial to well-written stories
I also gave a good cheer when, at the beginning of this story, our young Sherlock and his friend Marry helped the Holmes family to get rid of the detestable Mrs. Eglantine –
This story ends on a cliffhanger, I will thus have to read the following story to know what happens to the young detective, who makes me really think a lot of the adventures of the young Indiana Jones series on television –
One last little thing – I’m really annoyed by the way Mr. Lane has his Amyus Crowe character speak – it’s absolutely not necessary to have a « Ah » for a « I », etc. I’m partial to well-written stories
February 6, 2017
Keeps getting better and better!
video review soon to follow!
video review soon to follow!
June 8, 2023
A really great build up, great plot, but the ending did feel a bit rushed. Still one I would read again.
Be sure to read the short story 'Bedlam' between books 3 and 4.
Be sure to read the short story 'Bedlam' between books 3 and 4.
April 13, 2014
Interesting tale. Surprisingly in keeping with original character.
I enjoyed audiobook (well done by James Langton) a second time. I'll will read author again.
I enjoyed audiobook (well done by James Langton) a second time. I'll will read author again.
July 23, 2017
Sherlocks vierte Geschichte entführt den Leser nach Edinburgh, wohin scheinbar sein Lehrer und Mentor Amyus Crowe geflüchtet ist.
Es ist tubulent und nicht nur einmal gerät Sherlock mit seinen Freunden in brenzlige Situationen, aus denen sie erst wieder herausfinden müssen. Dank Sherlocks hervorragender und immer ausgeprägteren Beobachtungsgabe gelingt es ihnen immer wieder, das Ruder herumzureißen, bis es dann scheinbar nicht mehr klappt.
Der Schreibstil ist sehr deteilreich und an manchen Stellen habe ich mir beim Lesen gedacht, dass es weniger sein könnte... Aber es ist auch nicht unbedingt schlecht, wenn man als Autor detailverliebt arbeitet.
Ganz ganz fies ist der Cliffhanger am Ende des Buches und ich würde am liebsten SOFORT weiterlesen.
Es ist tubulent und nicht nur einmal gerät Sherlock mit seinen Freunden in brenzlige Situationen, aus denen sie erst wieder herausfinden müssen. Dank Sherlocks hervorragender und immer ausgeprägteren Beobachtungsgabe gelingt es ihnen immer wieder, das Ruder herumzureißen, bis es dann scheinbar nicht mehr klappt.
Der Schreibstil ist sehr deteilreich und an manchen Stellen habe ich mir beim Lesen gedacht, dass es weniger sein könnte... Aber es ist auch nicht unbedingt schlecht, wenn man als Autor detailverliebt arbeitet.
Ganz ganz fies ist der Cliffhanger am Ende des Buches und ich würde am liebsten SOFORT weiterlesen.
July 18, 2018
Die Geschichten gefallen mir von mal zu mal besser, was durchaus daran liegen kann, dass Sherlock intelligenter an die Dinge ran geht und deswegen auch nicht mehr 5 mal nahe des Todes kommt sondern nur noch 3 mal....auch wenn das immer noch sehr viel ist. Insbesondere die eine Szene von der er sich dann schnell erholen zu scheint erscheint mir wieder zu unglaubwürdig.
Der Fall ist aber durchweg spannend und gut aufgebaut. Sherlock muss diesmal seine Freunde retten und zwar von einem Gegner, vor dem selbst Crowe Angst hat! Auch gefällt mir sehr, dass dieser Teil in Edinburgh spielt. Das Ende ist diesmal ein wahrer Cliffhanger und ich bin gespannt was im nächsten Teil auf Sherlock zukommt und was er diesmal alles an seinen später typischen Charakterzügen oder ähnlichem entwickeln wird.
Der Fall ist aber durchweg spannend und gut aufgebaut. Sherlock muss diesmal seine Freunde retten und zwar von einem Gegner, vor dem selbst Crowe Angst hat! Auch gefällt mir sehr, dass dieser Teil in Edinburgh spielt. Das Ende ist diesmal ein wahrer Cliffhanger und ich bin gespannt was im nächsten Teil auf Sherlock zukommt und was er diesmal alles an seinen später typischen Charakterzügen oder ähnlichem entwickeln wird.
July 15, 2017
Time taken to read - on and off over 5 days
Pages - 345
Publisher - MacMillan Childrens Books
Blurb from Goodreads
Sherlock 14 finds the house empty, his tutor Crowe and daughter Ginny vanished. When a clue points to Scotland, he brings along pal Matty. Villain Bryce Scobel follows, hunts the hunters.
My Review
So this is book four I believe in a series, I didn't know that when I bought it. I just noticed the cover and HAD to buy it, the yellow is actually gold and has a shine and that skull is both magnificent and sinister. I never used to comment on or bother with covers but of late they do seem to catch my eye and this one absolutely jumps off the shelf. So young Sherlock is just a teenager, he has already been mixed up in a few adventures and these are referred to in this tale so I don't think we are missing too much by starting here. Sherlock's tutor and his daughter have left in haste, Sherlock knows there is more to it and looks for clues around the abandoned home. He finds himself off to Scotland with his friend, the bad guys are hot on their tale and once again Sherlock has to use his wits to get him and his friends out of trouble.
I have never read this author before and never really thoughts about Sherlock Holmes as a kid. We watched the programme with Benedict Cumberbatch and the movies with Robert Downey Junior. I have Cumberbatch in mind when I read this young Holmes. He is super smart and really sharp for his age whilst just a little bit socially awkward that you can see become the character portrayed in the show.
Whilst this is aimed at a younger audience, it has enough action and darkness to be enjoyed by the mature reader. There is violence and some animal death is mentioned which may be uncomfortable for some readers. Otherwise we have a daring tale of bravery, righteousness and friendship, Holmes is such a loyal wee chap and just goes about solving puzzles & cases singularly focused on the job at hand. Some of the clues I would never have got in a million years but it is enjoyable seeing how his mind connects the dots and pulls it all together. This is my first dance with this author and I will definitely be reading more by him, I may well seek out the earlier books in this series and those that follow, 3.5 for me this time.
Pages - 345
Publisher - MacMillan Childrens Books
Blurb from Goodreads
Sherlock 14 finds the house empty, his tutor Crowe and daughter Ginny vanished. When a clue points to Scotland, he brings along pal Matty. Villain Bryce Scobel follows, hunts the hunters.
My Review
So this is book four I believe in a series, I didn't know that when I bought it. I just noticed the cover and HAD to buy it, the yellow is actually gold and has a shine and that skull is both magnificent and sinister. I never used to comment on or bother with covers but of late they do seem to catch my eye and this one absolutely jumps off the shelf. So young Sherlock is just a teenager, he has already been mixed up in a few adventures and these are referred to in this tale so I don't think we are missing too much by starting here. Sherlock's tutor and his daughter have left in haste, Sherlock knows there is more to it and looks for clues around the abandoned home. He finds himself off to Scotland with his friend, the bad guys are hot on their tale and once again Sherlock has to use his wits to get him and his friends out of trouble.
I have never read this author before and never really thoughts about Sherlock Holmes as a kid. We watched the programme with Benedict Cumberbatch and the movies with Robert Downey Junior. I have Cumberbatch in mind when I read this young Holmes. He is super smart and really sharp for his age whilst just a little bit socially awkward that you can see become the character portrayed in the show.
Whilst this is aimed at a younger audience, it has enough action and darkness to be enjoyed by the mature reader. There is violence and some animal death is mentioned which may be uncomfortable for some readers. Otherwise we have a daring tale of bravery, righteousness and friendship, Holmes is such a loyal wee chap and just goes about solving puzzles & cases singularly focused on the job at hand. Some of the clues I would never have got in a million years but it is enjoyable seeing how his mind connects the dots and pulls it all together. This is my first dance with this author and I will definitely be reading more by him, I may well seek out the earlier books in this series and those that follow, 3.5 for me this time.
November 2, 2017
Fire Storm is a book about a young Sherlock Holmes sparking the fire that is his story. This novel is an amazing suspensed mystery introducing more than one antagonist, Mrs. Eglantine, Bryce Scobell, and many more. The story starts off with Mrs. Eglantine, a housekeeper for the Holmes family, blackmailing the Holmes to keep her hired to find an object of importance in their mansion or let out their secret fot the world to hear. The book the continues to a new ark when Sherlocks tutor Mr. Crowe and his daughter Virginia are kidnapped.
Fire Storm always kept me on edge, anticipated to turn to the next page and continue the suspensful mysteries. Like I stated the story consits of many arks keeping at great length with many antagonists and support characters. I strongly suggest anyone to read this novel, this would be perfect for a project or just to pass time (as it does consist of 339 pages. If you were not to like the mystery genre this story is very action packed and suspensful keeping on the edge of your seat.
Finally, I love this book and literally cannot waint to binge read the other books in this series, yes it's a series another reason to read it, and happily give it a five star rating (since that's the highest you can rate, honestly way better).
Fire Storm always kept me on edge, anticipated to turn to the next page and continue the suspensful mysteries. Like I stated the story consits of many arks keeping at great length with many antagonists and support characters. I strongly suggest anyone to read this novel, this would be perfect for a project or just to pass time (as it does consist of 339 pages. If you were not to like the mystery genre this story is very action packed and suspensful keeping on the edge of your seat.
Finally, I love this book and literally cannot waint to binge read the other books in this series, yes it's a series another reason to read it, and happily give it a five star rating (since that's the highest you can rate, honestly way better).
March 23, 2022
This is the fourth in the Young Sherlock Holmes series.
Holmes is growing up and beginning to rely on his own talents more. In this book he must save his friends, travel the length of the UK and almost die in order to survive.
He rids his family of a great burden....OR DOES HE!!!......as he deals with Mrs. Eglantine..........but Holmes must now consider the issues in his own family and the demons he may have to fight within himself as he grows older and life becomes more difficult.
He also begins to experience the evil that men do, often for no discernible reason......and the lack of morality which is an important part of the human condition.......Holmes must understand and expect this in others and in the society around him......
This is a ripping adventure as Holmes struggles to support those around him and begins to lead them....I really enjoyed it....
(......and remember always look at a persons shoes, they will tell you a lot about them.....a good tip from Conan Doyle.....)
Holmes is growing up and beginning to rely on his own talents more. In this book he must save his friends, travel the length of the UK and almost die in order to survive.
He rids his family of a great burden....OR DOES HE!!!......as he deals with Mrs. Eglantine..........but Holmes must now consider the issues in his own family and the demons he may have to fight within himself as he grows older and life becomes more difficult.
He also begins to experience the evil that men do, often for no discernible reason......and the lack of morality which is an important part of the human condition.......Holmes must understand and expect this in others and in the society around him......
This is a ripping adventure as Holmes struggles to support those around him and begins to lead them....I really enjoyed it....
(......and remember always look at a persons shoes, they will tell you a lot about them.....a good tip from Conan Doyle.....)
August 2, 2022
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Ich mag Sherlock Holmes im Original sehr gerne und die Idee, Geschichten aus seiner Kindheit zu ersinnen, fand ich wirklich interessant. So kam ich überhaupt zu der Reihe und Band 4 hat mir genau wie seine Vorgänger gut gefallen.
Sherlock beweist mal wieder seine Intelligenz und seine Fähigkeit, Verbrechen aufzuklären. Spannend war vor allem, dass es hier nicht nur gewissermaßen mehrere Fälle gibt, aber auch, dass Sherlock mehr oder weniger ohne seinen Mentor auskommen muss.
Auch die Aufklärung der Fälle war ganz interessant, genauso wie die Suche nach Amyus Crowe. Doch ich muss auch zugeben, dass trotz der verschiedenen Fälle, die Sherlock in diesem Band aufklären konnte, sie mir doch ein wenig zu unspektakulär waren. Sie ließen sich eigentlich so ziemlich in Lichtgeschwindigkeit auflösen, es gab nur wenige Stolpersteine. Das war ein wenig schade, doch ansonsten war es eine tolle Story.
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Ich mag Sherlock Holmes im Original sehr gerne und die Idee, Geschichten aus seiner Kindheit zu ersinnen, fand ich wirklich interessant. So kam ich überhaupt zu der Reihe und Band 4 hat mir genau wie seine Vorgänger gut gefallen.
Sherlock beweist mal wieder seine Intelligenz und seine Fähigkeit, Verbrechen aufzuklären. Spannend war vor allem, dass es hier nicht nur gewissermaßen mehrere Fälle gibt, aber auch, dass Sherlock mehr oder weniger ohne seinen Mentor auskommen muss.
Auch die Aufklärung der Fälle war ganz interessant, genauso wie die Suche nach Amyus Crowe. Doch ich muss auch zugeben, dass trotz der verschiedenen Fälle, die Sherlock in diesem Band aufklären konnte, sie mir doch ein wenig zu unspektakulär waren. Sie ließen sich eigentlich so ziemlich in Lichtgeschwindigkeit auflösen, es gab nur wenige Stolpersteine. Das war ein wenig schade, doch ansonsten war es eine tolle Story.
4 Sterne
December 21, 2024
Sherlock really had a rough time throughout this book, torture and kidnapped and now at the end of this book he’s on a ship heading to China like dang Andrew Lane keeps me on my toes that’s for sure.
Anyway I loved Matty and Sherlock’s dynamic in this book and I was not expecting for Virginia to kiss Sherlock and for her to do so more than once, those two are adorable. The way that Sherlock’s deductions progressed was really good too.
Can’t wait to get started on the next one, whenever that may be 😂
Anyway I loved Matty and Sherlock’s dynamic in this book and I was not expecting for Virginia to kiss Sherlock and for her to do so more than once, those two are adorable. The way that Sherlock’s deductions progressed was really good too.
Can’t wait to get started on the next one, whenever that may be 😂
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 27, 2022
THE PLOT-TWIST! I enjoyed reading this book and like the development of the series. You can really see the growth of Sherlocks character. But you also have to mention, that he is young overall. The ambivalence of being naive and adult-like brilliance is just so well made!
In some parts of this series I always think „how the fuck did they survive that?“ „why can he do that?“ „bruh I would’ve died 7 times already“ LMAO but I’m having a great time over here! Slay
In some parts of this series I always think „how the fuck did they survive that?“ „why can he do that?“ „bruh I would’ve died 7 times already“ LMAO but I’m having a great time over here! Slay
September 6, 2024
Very interesting way that the author has Sherlock connecting all the little details to solving the problem of the story.
March 27, 2019
Zu Anfang verlief die Story eher schleppend aber zur Mitte und zum Ende hin wurde es immer spannender und man wollte das Buch nur ungern weg legen. Der schreibstil ist weder zu leicht noch ist er anspruchsvoll. Eines der spannendsten Teile bisher. Leider sind mir die Kapitel manchmal etwas zu lang.
February 7, 2012
Follow the link to watch my video review of Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm, or read the script below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4frJEf...
My life at the moment seems to have been somewhat subsumed by Sherlock Homes. Everywhere I look there's Holmes, Holmes, Holmes. (Flashing between images, Anthony Horrowitz Book, Movie Photo, BBC photo.)
On top of all this Pan Macmillan was kind enough to send me Fire Storm, A Young Sherlock Holmes story by Andrew Lane.
Now to be honest, I had seen this series in book shops before and I had actually purposefully avoided it. This was partially down to the fact that the 'oh so shiny' covers didn't particularly appeal to me, but mainly because I had read Silverfin (-cut to picture of the book- the first book in the young James Bond series by Charlie Higson) and found it duller than back to back lectures from Professor Binns.
However considering that I had been sent a review copy I thought I might as well give it a go, and my dear readers I'm so glad I did. I absolutely loved this book, I was so wrong to have shunned the series for so long. I was only about halfway through the work before I realised that I was going to have to try and get my hands on the others in the series somehow.
The young Sherlock is, in many ways, like Eion Colfer's criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, clever and slightly detached but still fundamentally related to the reader. I must admit that I've not read Conon Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories (although I do one day intend to! They're on the to-read list which grows too fast for my reading glasses and secateurs to ever have a hope of containing it) so I can't compare it to the originals, but from the many other channels through which the idea of Sherlock Holmes permeates my life, I think Andrew Lane's addition is a good one, ready to stand beside his other incarnations and share the story.
I must admit I committed something of a literary crime in reading this because I read it out of order. This is the fourth book in the series, the first being called Death Cloud -cut to book-, and I have read none of the previous ones ...yet! I will add them to the list! I wasn't amazingly hampered by reading this one first though. I think it gave you a pretty good view of what had happened previously without spoiling any of the intimate details of the plots. But yes, I will definitely try and get my hands on book one at some point. Specially if you guys would like to hear a review of it.
This particular novel throws you right into the middle of things, putting Sherlock in the midst of a plethora of mysteries, which include blackmailing Housekeepers and supposedly risen corpses in Edinburgh. And Sherlock works through them with a good cast of characters from Matty, streetwise and rough, to Sherlock's booklearned calm to Viriginia Crowe, a charming young American girl whom Sherlock just can't stop thinking about.
The best stories need to be reinvented. If you're a fan at all of American comic books you'll know that all the famous characters, have had their stories done over and over again, in different media, by different authors and in different styles. It's something that happens with Shakespeare too (in fact something Shakespeare did, most of those plays were not stories he invented!) It's because when we love a work we long to re-present it, to reinvent it, to try new things with the characters and tropes we've come to love. I think Andrew Lane's laid down another brilliant slab on the journey Holmes will take across the ages and if you're a Sherlock fan, from any previous version of the story, I would definitely recommend you pick these ones up, as well as if you're just a fan of “teen boy” books, such as the Artemis Fowl series or the Alex Rider series.
Tell me in the comments down below if you're a Sherlock fan, whether that's watching the movies, or the current BBC series or reading any of the books. Tell me if you've read this series or if you're thinking of getting hold of it, I would love to hear from you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4frJEf...
My life at the moment seems to have been somewhat subsumed by Sherlock Homes. Everywhere I look there's Holmes, Holmes, Holmes. (Flashing between images, Anthony Horrowitz Book, Movie Photo, BBC photo.)
On top of all this Pan Macmillan was kind enough to send me Fire Storm, A Young Sherlock Holmes story by Andrew Lane.
Now to be honest, I had seen this series in book shops before and I had actually purposefully avoided it. This was partially down to the fact that the 'oh so shiny' covers didn't particularly appeal to me, but mainly because I had read Silverfin (-cut to picture of the book- the first book in the young James Bond series by Charlie Higson) and found it duller than back to back lectures from Professor Binns.
However considering that I had been sent a review copy I thought I might as well give it a go, and my dear readers I'm so glad I did. I absolutely loved this book, I was so wrong to have shunned the series for so long. I was only about halfway through the work before I realised that I was going to have to try and get my hands on the others in the series somehow.
The young Sherlock is, in many ways, like Eion Colfer's criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, clever and slightly detached but still fundamentally related to the reader. I must admit that I've not read Conon Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories (although I do one day intend to! They're on the to-read list which grows too fast for my reading glasses and secateurs to ever have a hope of containing it) so I can't compare it to the originals, but from the many other channels through which the idea of Sherlock Holmes permeates my life, I think Andrew Lane's addition is a good one, ready to stand beside his other incarnations and share the story.
I must admit I committed something of a literary crime in reading this because I read it out of order. This is the fourth book in the series, the first being called Death Cloud -cut to book-, and I have read none of the previous ones ...yet! I will add them to the list! I wasn't amazingly hampered by reading this one first though. I think it gave you a pretty good view of what had happened previously without spoiling any of the intimate details of the plots. But yes, I will definitely try and get my hands on book one at some point. Specially if you guys would like to hear a review of it.
This particular novel throws you right into the middle of things, putting Sherlock in the midst of a plethora of mysteries, which include blackmailing Housekeepers and supposedly risen corpses in Edinburgh. And Sherlock works through them with a good cast of characters from Matty, streetwise and rough, to Sherlock's booklearned calm to Viriginia Crowe, a charming young American girl whom Sherlock just can't stop thinking about.
The best stories need to be reinvented. If you're a fan at all of American comic books you'll know that all the famous characters, have had their stories done over and over again, in different media, by different authors and in different styles. It's something that happens with Shakespeare too (in fact something Shakespeare did, most of those plays were not stories he invented!) It's because when we love a work we long to re-present it, to reinvent it, to try new things with the characters and tropes we've come to love. I think Andrew Lane's laid down another brilliant slab on the journey Holmes will take across the ages and if you're a Sherlock fan, from any previous version of the story, I would definitely recommend you pick these ones up, as well as if you're just a fan of “teen boy” books, such as the Artemis Fowl series or the Alex Rider series.
Tell me in the comments down below if you're a Sherlock fan, whether that's watching the movies, or the current BBC series or reading any of the books. Tell me if you've read this series or if you're thinking of getting hold of it, I would love to hear from you.
October 20, 2016
As usual I started a series in the wrong place. Now I have to go back to the beginning. But this is also a really good Stand Alone book. If you love a good mystery, this one is really good. This is about young Sherlock Holmes. And he is looking for some dear friends that have come up missing. He runs into a lot of people that wants information that only Sherlock has. But Sherlock isn't sharing. As Sherlock and his friends go searching for his missing friends, they run into a lot of villains. They have to out think them and get ahead of them. With Sherlock's uncanny way of thinking, they find the clues and find their friends, but they have to get away from all the villains. Do they make it back to London? Read the book, it's really good.
March 23, 2016
Love it! I´m really curious what the next book is like and how Sherlock´s story continues. Defenitely recommend you to read this series!!! Also I´m glad the story around Mrs Eglantine finally is revealed.
July 30, 2015
In this story, Sherlock and Matty are following friends in an attempt to help them with whatever unknown situation has caused their sudden leave.
August 12, 2025
In the middle of the book I thought to myself "my...this isn't so bad! It might even be a three-stars-book!"
Then the last fourth happened. :D
I had a long break in reading the book from the first 80-ish pages to the end but here's what I remember:
- another "this is not how animals work" (the bear. Oh god, the bear...It could have saved us all by killing everyone, but alas - it didn't want to spend a long time in the narrative, and I respect that.)
- Crowe keeps Sandia in a paddock with many, many rabbit burrows. This is a very sly hint that he wants the horse dead! Right?
Or maybe Virginia wants a new horse, and he told her, she already had one...and there was only ONE way to rectify this...!
-Why the fuck is the horse names Philadelphia? I might have forgotten. There might have been no good reason at all. It's 50/50. And that's sad. No matter what's the pick.
- I hope this wasn't he last time we saw Mrs. Eglantine bc she just...left. And I don't buy the reason she was even there at all. It was far-fetched for me.
- our main villain falls into the ableism- pit again. This time it's not exactly something physical (ok, he is small but not - you know - THAT small. and his tattoos were his choice so I don't count them), but To be fair-that was funny! But I doubt this was the intention...?
- Hey, Crowe! Now that you are in England and have a powerful ally on your side with excellent connections, don't you think it would be a good idea to
Right! Right? Then why are you running?!?! This doesn't make sense!
- Rufus Stone is...there. He doesn't have the sexy lamp problem like Virginia, but it was a close thing.
- Virgina is there to get taken from a to b and to All of this stops after a few pages anyway because Sherlock gets kidnapped. Again. Maybe he thinks something funny happens when he gets kidnapped ten times in a year or something. I don't know. It's the typical way for Lane to get the character from one point to the other, and it feels cheap now.
I am convinced Mycroft will manage to invent the gps tracker in the next book just to put it on his brother.
- not enough Mycroft :(
The problem is also that I am pretty sure a lot of the plot could have been resolved earlier if SOMEONE HAD CALLED HIM.
But no one did. :(
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- The cliffhanger is...there. I didn't feel invested tbh.
Then the last fourth happened. :D
I had a long break in reading the book from the first 80-ish pages to the end but here's what I remember:
- another "this is not how animals work" (the bear. Oh god, the bear...It could have saved us all by killing everyone, but alas - it didn't want to spend a long time in the narrative, and I respect that.)
- Crowe keeps Sandia in a paddock with many, many rabbit burrows. This is a very sly hint that he wants the horse dead! Right?
Or maybe Virginia wants a new horse, and he told her, she already had one...and there was only ONE way to rectify this...!
-Why the fuck is the horse names Philadelphia? I might have forgotten. There might have been no good reason at all. It's 50/50. And that's sad. No matter what's the pick.
- I hope this wasn't he last time we saw Mrs. Eglantine bc she just...left. And I don't buy the reason she was even there at all. It was far-fetched for me.
- our main villain falls into the ableism- pit again. This time it's not exactly something physical (ok, he is small but not - you know - THAT small. and his tattoos were his choice so I don't count them), but To be fair-that was funny! But I doubt this was the intention...?
- Hey, Crowe! Now that you are in England and have a powerful ally on your side with excellent connections, don't you think it would be a good idea to
Right! Right? Then why are you running?!?! This doesn't make sense!
- Rufus Stone is...there. He doesn't have the sexy lamp problem like Virginia, but it was a close thing.
- Virgina is there to get taken from a to b and to All of this stops after a few pages anyway because Sherlock gets kidnapped. Again. Maybe he thinks something funny happens when he gets kidnapped ten times in a year or something. I don't know. It's the typical way for Lane to get the character from one point to the other, and it feels cheap now.
I am convinced Mycroft will manage to invent the gps tracker in the next book just to put it on his brother.
- not enough Mycroft :(
The problem is also that I am pretty sure a lot of the plot could have been resolved earlier if SOMEONE HAD CALLED HIM.
But no one did. :(
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- The cliffhanger is...there. I didn't feel invested tbh.
April 30, 2021
Sherlock muss seinen Lehrer Anymus Crowe retten
In dem Buch Nur der Tod ist umsonst (Young Sherlock Holmes 4) von Andrew Lane, geht es um Sherlock Holmes, welcher bei Anymus Crowe Violine spielen lernt. Zuhause bei seinem Onkel, bei dem er gerade wohnt, versucht Sherlock noch ein Geheimnis aufzudecken, welches die Haushälterin versucht zu verheimlichen um Sherlocks Onkel zu erpressen, aber Sherlock kann dies lösen. Kurz danach will Sherlock Anymus Crowe von den Neuigkeiten berichten, aber bei ihm zu Hause ist alles persönliche weg, sowie er und seine Tochter. Warum ist Anymus Crowe mit seiner Tochter nach Schottland geflohen ? Und wer ist hinter ihm her ?
Meine Meinung:
Mir hat die Geschichte gut gefallen, sie war spannend geschrieben und einfach, sowie flüssig zu lesen. Der Protagonist Sherlock hat mal wieder sein Können unter Beweis gestellt und einige Rätsel gelöst, sowie auch klug gehandelt. Ich wusste zwar nicht genau, was auf mich zu kommen wird, aber ich wurde wieder überrascht und das Ende hat mich mit einem offenen Ende zurückgelassen. Jetzt bin ich aber sehr gespannt, wie es in Band 5 weitergehen wird und was Sherlock diesmal erleben wird.
Fazit:
Guter 4 Band mit einem tollen Protagonisten und mit guten Rätseln zum Mitdenken. Ein offenes Ende, das Lust auf Band 5 macht.
In dem Buch Nur der Tod ist umsonst (Young Sherlock Holmes 4) von Andrew Lane, geht es um Sherlock Holmes, welcher bei Anymus Crowe Violine spielen lernt. Zuhause bei seinem Onkel, bei dem er gerade wohnt, versucht Sherlock noch ein Geheimnis aufzudecken, welches die Haushälterin versucht zu verheimlichen um Sherlocks Onkel zu erpressen, aber Sherlock kann dies lösen. Kurz danach will Sherlock Anymus Crowe von den Neuigkeiten berichten, aber bei ihm zu Hause ist alles persönliche weg, sowie er und seine Tochter. Warum ist Anymus Crowe mit seiner Tochter nach Schottland geflohen ? Und wer ist hinter ihm her ?
Meine Meinung:
Mir hat die Geschichte gut gefallen, sie war spannend geschrieben und einfach, sowie flüssig zu lesen. Der Protagonist Sherlock hat mal wieder sein Können unter Beweis gestellt und einige Rätsel gelöst, sowie auch klug gehandelt. Ich wusste zwar nicht genau, was auf mich zu kommen wird, aber ich wurde wieder überrascht und das Ende hat mich mit einem offenen Ende zurückgelassen. Jetzt bin ich aber sehr gespannt, wie es in Band 5 weitergehen wird und was Sherlock diesmal erleben wird.
Fazit:
Guter 4 Band mit einem tollen Protagonisten und mit guten Rätseln zum Mitdenken. Ein offenes Ende, das Lust auf Band 5 macht.
January 7, 2022
It took me much longer to get through this one. I did still love it, but even though it did feel like Sherlock couldn’t possibly get out of each situation, at the same time it felt like he would too easily do it. It didn’t grab my attention as well until I was about 200 pages in, but then it was like rolling a boulder off a cliff, I couldn’t stop my reading momentum with how amazing it was getting. This was also one of the best endings. Love a book that sets up the next book so well you want to immediately pick the next one up!
I would recommend this book to any lover of Sherlock, especially if you are a teenager.
I would recommend this book to any lover of Sherlock, especially if you are a teenager.
July 26, 2020
Fourth in the Young Sherlock Holmes series, Fire Storm may be the best yet. A credible villain who is creepily threatening makes the book more realistic in some ways. There was a good amount of information on Edinburgh and the practice of providing cadavers for medical research (tastefully handled) that was appropriate for the time. My only warning is that there is a scene where Sherlock is being tortured that could be disturbing. In my opinion, it wasn't prolonged enough to be gruesome, so I was fine with it.
Sherlock Holmes fans, young and old should enjoy this book.
Sherlock Holmes fans, young and old should enjoy this book.
November 18, 2022
Fire Storm is the 4th of Andrew Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes/Legend Begins pastiches. Though the events are as implausible as ever (maybe more so, if one appeals to the “lightening not striking twice” aphorism), this story reads well. Better, certainly, than #3 (Red Leech). It also resolves a couple of running questions that have been circling around a few of the characters from the beginning. So, altogether a satisfying and entertaining YA mystery adventure (even if I found the Perils of Pauline cliff hanger at the end a little too cliched).
October 8, 2020
I liked it, it was a fun read. It is not a masterpiece or anything, but it kept me wanting to read and entertained. And the cliffhanger at the end keeps me wanting to read the rest of the series.
The character of young Sherlock Holmes does intrugue me. I really need to read the original Sherlock Holmes now.
The other characters are a fun bunch as well. Lane writes out the way they speak which adds an extra dimension to the character.
Fun, fast book, easy to read.
The character of young Sherlock Holmes does intrugue me. I really need to read the original Sherlock Holmes now.
The other characters are a fun bunch as well. Lane writes out the way they speak which adds an extra dimension to the character.
Fun, fast book, easy to read.
June 23, 2017
Hervorragend!
Das war bisher das beste Buch der ganzen Reihe!
Endlich wird die Geschcihte mit der Haushälterin aufgeklärt!
Und dann auch noch die dramatische Geschichte mit Crowe. Die "wandelnden Toten" waren ein nettes kleines Detail das Würze reingebracht hat.
Das einzige, was mich noch immer stört, ist Virgina..... Ich finde diese Liebesgeschichte so furchtbar überflüssig!
Das war bisher das beste Buch der ganzen Reihe!
Endlich wird die Geschcihte mit der Haushälterin aufgeklärt!
Und dann auch noch die dramatische Geschichte mit Crowe. Die "wandelnden Toten" waren ein nettes kleines Detail das Würze reingebracht hat.
Das einzige, was mich noch immer stört, ist Virgina..... Ich finde diese Liebesgeschichte so furchtbar überflüssig!
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April 25, 2024Really good reading. Lane manages to link Young Sherlock very well to Arthur Conan Doyle's hero and keeps young readers riveted most of the time. The bit about American history was a bit tedious so we skipped those few pages, but otherwise it was great! The style of writing is good, different stories flow well through the book and even as an adult I found it a page-turner.
August 4, 2019
This is a good book in the series where Sherlock will finally look into Mrs. Eglantine mystery. It intersects with another event: the mysterious disappearance of Rufus and Virginia and the tracking that will follow. The young romance between Sherlock and Virginia will advance a bit too.
December 11, 2020
I loved the whole series of young Sherlock Holmes🥰 I LOVED the characters! Those books have given me so much information about chemistry 🧪, violin 🎻, photography, necropsy etc. I would give anything in order to read it again for the first time😔 please give it a try💜
November 11, 2021
Here we go again. At this point I just feel sorry for how battered and bruised Young a Sherlock is getting. He never seems to get a break with ever ongoing bad guys in these books, and with him being hoisted off to China, I assume the gruesomeness will not change any time soon.
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