The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife

Young Sherlock Holmes’s first case: save his mother from the gallows.

Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes rushes home from Eton to find his mother accused of murdering the village midwife. With the evidence against her, rumors abound, and the constable is determined to see her hang.

Refusing to accept the evidence and with his mother’s faith in him, Sherlock sets out to prove her innocence. His discoveries lead him into a web of scandal, hidden sins, and dangerous secrets that threaten not only his mother but the entire family. As he separates fact from assumption, he discovers that truth comes at a cost. Along the way, readers glimpse the origins of his complicated bond with his brother Mycroft, his fascination with logic and deduction, and his evolution into the world’s most famous consulting detective.

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