Friday Memes: Fire Storm by Andrew Lane

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This week I am spotlighting Fire Storm by Andrew Lane. This is the fourth book in the Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure Begins series. I got the ARC from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for this October 8 release. Here is the description:

Young Sherlock's friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it; the neighbors claim never to have heard of them. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clever clue points him to Scotland. Following that clue leads him into a mystery that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers, and a man who claims he can raise the dead. Only the budding detective Sherlock can untangle the mind-bending--and dangerous--puzzles that ensnare his friends. Think you know Sherlock Holmes? Think again!

Beginning:

"Stop it!" Rufus Stone cried out. "You're killing me!"

Sherlock lifted the bow from the violin strings. "Don't be so melodramatic."

Friday 56:

"And he's cashing in on people's unhappiness," Sherlock said grimly. He found that the thought was making him angry. "He's a parasite on the human race, and someone ought to do something about it. Why don't they?"