Death Cloud is the first in the Young Sherlock Holmes series 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.

The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer's son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education - the backbone of the British Empire. But all that is about to change. With his father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously `unwell', Sherlock is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire. So begins a summer that leads Sherlock to uncover his first murder, a kidnap, corruption and a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent . . .

Sherlock Holmes. Think you know him? Think again.

Continue the investigative adventures with Andrew Lane's Red Leech and Black Ice.

This book features in the following series: The Complete Canon Of Sherlock Holmes, Young Sherlock Holmes .

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Pan Macmillan .

Andrew Lane is a writer and journalist. He is the author of the bestselling and internationally acclaimed Young Sherlock Holmes series. Lost Worlds is Andrew's second series for children. He lives in Dorset with his wife and son.