Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes is in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims. Mycroft allows Sherlock to take the case, as he has been asked to find a missing person ...

The young Mycroft Holmes is now a force to be reckoned with at the War Office, although his brother Sherlock continues to be a source of vexation. When a young boy dies of a suspected overdose at an orphanage, the two brothers - along with Mycroft's closest friend Cyrus Douglas - are drawn into a...