First published 2015
Mycroft Holmes has just graduated from Cambridge and secured a position with the Secretary of State for War. His orderly civil servant life revolves around his best friend Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent from Trinidad, and his fiancée Georgiana Sutton, who grew up on the Caribbean island. When Douglas receives disturbing news from Trinidad about children vanishing without explanation, bizarre tracks appearing on beaches, and supernatural forces luring young victims to bloodless deaths, Georgiana suddenly flees to the island without warning. Mycroft panics at her departure and persuades Douglas they must follow her to Trinidad immediately. The two men discover they have entered a conspiracy of sinister secrets that becomes more dangerous as they investigate deeper. This Caribbean adventure transforms Mycroft forever and shapes him into the future founder of the Diogenes Club and secret power within the British Empire. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar teams with screenwriter Anna Waterhouse to explore the formative years of Sherlock Holmes's enigmatic older brother.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family, historical-setting
Setting: Trinidad, Cambridge, British Empire
Period: 19th-century
336 pages · Hardcover · Titan Books