The year is 1868 and fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes faces his most baffling mystery yet.

Mycroft, his older brother, has been found with a knife in his hand, locked in a room with a corpse.

Only Sherlock believes that his brother is innocent.

But can he prove it? In a chase that will take him to Moscow and back, Sherlock must discover who has framed Mycroft and why ...before Mycroft swings at the gallows.

Young Sherlock Holmes is a series of novels in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager -- creating unputdownable detective adventures that remain true to the spirit of the original books.