Sherlock Holmes and the Mycroft Incident — Linda Stratmann

A Sherlock mystery in collaboration with his brother Mycroft Holmes! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Horowitz and classic crime fiction. Should you mix family and business...? 1877 A trusted government courier, Anthony Cloudsdale, has gone missing after delivering some secret documents. The police are questioning everyone who works at Whitehall, and their attention has been drawn to a young clerk, Joshua Emmett, who is in need of funds and might have been vulnerable to bribery. Emmett is an old schoolfriend of Mycroft Holmes and Mycroft approaches his private-investigator brother, Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes and Mycroft collaborate with the assistance of Holmes' trusted friend Mr Stamford, but each time they discover new information about Cloudsdale's disappearance, it appears to provide evidence of Emmett's involvement. And when a body is found in the Thames, Emmett is arrested. But is the body Cloudsdale's? Can Sherlock prove Emmett's innocence? Or is Mycroft trying to protect a guilty man...? SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYCROFT INCIDENT is the seventh Victorian crime thriller in the Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes series. THE EARLY CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES: BOOK 1: Sherlock Holmes and the Rosetta Stone MysteryBOOK 2: Sherlock Holmes and the Explorers' ClubBOOK 3: Sherlock Holmes and the Ebony IdolBOOK 4: Sherlock Holmes and the Persian SlipperBOOK 5: Sherlock Holmes and the Legend of the Great AukBOOK 6: Sherlock Holmes and the Duelling DukesBOOK 7: Sherlock Holmes and the Mycroft IncidentBOOK 8: Sherlock Holmes and the Cabinet of Wonders