His adventures fascinate us and yet we know very little about his early years. What was Sherlock like as a boy?
A new series entitled “Sherlock, Lupin and Me” sets out to
answer that question by imagining Sherlock’s childhood. Narrated by his
friend Irene Adler, the first book “The Dark Lady” follows Sherlock, Irene, and
loyal friend Arsene Lupin as they investigate the mysterious death of a man who
washes ashore on the beach.
The three friends slyly move through the French seaside town
of Saint-Malo, picking up clues from unsuspecting adults and sneaking into
forbidden places. It’s all great fun, although the story moves a little
too slowly in places.
What is more interesting, however, is the idea behind the
series – each of the friends is a famous character in an adult book.
Arsene, known later in life as “the Gentleman Thief” was the
star of a series of detective stories published around the same time as the
Sherlock Holmes tales. Arsene’s path did not cross with Sherlock’s in the
original stories, but Irene’s certainly did. Although she only appears in
one Sherlock story, Irene is “the woman”, the great intrique of his
life. Clever and resourceful, Irene is the only person to ever outwit
Sherlock.
In this first book, she doesn’t outwit Sherlock, but who
knows what will happen in the next book …
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