Young Sherlock: Book vs. Series

Matthew Parkhill's 2026 series Young Sherlock takes inspiration from Andy Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes books. Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays the young detective, drawn into a murder investigation in Oxford.

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About the book and the TV show
Book
Death Cloud cover
Author
Andrew Lane
Year
2010
Pages
336Buy book
Audiobook length
7 hr 16 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Daniel Weyman
Series
Young Sherlock Holmes, book 1

Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes expects an uneventful summer with relatives in Hampshire while his father serves abroad. Instead, he encounters a murder that draws him beyond the routines of school and family life. Following the evidence brings him into a conspiracy involving kidnapping and a powerful enemy, testing abilities he has barely begun to develop.

TV show
Young Sherlock poster
Creator
Matthew Parkhill
Writer
Matthew Parkhill
Year
2026
Episode
49 minWatch on Amazon
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Network
Amazon Prime Video
Cast
Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Dónal Finn, Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes
Genre
action, adventure, mystery
IMDb
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Sent to Oxford to stay out of trouble, a young Sherlock Holmes instead becomes a suspect in a murder investigation. Clearing his name draws him into a conspiracy much larger than the crime that first catches his attention. With James Moriarty as an unexpected ally, Sherlock begins learning what his powers of observation can uncover and what pursuing the truth may cost.

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