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Mycroft Holmes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Description for Mycroft Holmes
Hardback. This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assisted the Secretary of State. He becomes embroiled in a mystery in Trinidad - based on actual history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 606.
Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiancee Georgiana Sutton was raised.Mycroft's comfortable existence is overturned when Douglas receives troubling reports from home. There are rumors of mysterious disappearances, strange footprints in the sand, and spirits enticing children to their deaths, their bodies found drained of blood. Upon hearing ... Read more
Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiancee Georgiana Sutton was raised.Mycroft's comfortable existence is overturned when Douglas receives troubling reports from home. There are rumors of mysterious disappearances, strange footprints in the sand, and spirits enticing children to their deaths, their bodies found drained of blood. Upon hearing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783291533
SKU
V9781783291533
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99-50
About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Holmesian - 7'2 tall, basketball's all-time leading scorer, and a U.S. cultural ambassador. He's written extensively, including What Color is My World (children's), Brothers in Arms (military history), and On the Shoulders of Giants (black history).
Reviews for Mycroft Holmes
MYCROFT HOLMES is beautifully written and full of intrigue...while still managing to be a lot of fun. - Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown./ Moving beyond the echo of big-time basketball's cheering multitudes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has found an unlikely second career in the quietude of a writer's life. In his latest literary effort, he indulges his longtime appreciation for ... Read more