Mycroft Holmes Holmes. Possessing deductive powers exceeding even those of his younger brother, Mycroft is nevertheless incapable of performing detective work similar to that of Sherlock as he is unwilling to put in the physical effort necessary to bring cases to their conclusions. In "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" Sherlock Holmes says: Though Sherlock initially tells Watson that Mycroft audits books for some government departments, he later reveals that Mycroft's true role is more substantial. While Conan Doyle's stories leave unclear what Mycroft Holmes' exact position is in the British government, Sherlock Holmes says that "Occasionally he "is" the British government
Johannes Cabal the Detective Johannes Cabal the Detective Johannes Cabal the Detective is a 2010 supernatural fiction/dark comedic/Ruritanian romance mystery novel by Jonathan L. Howard and the second book in the "Johannes Cabal" series. The novel follows Cabal, an infamous necromancer on adventures in the fictional Central European countries of Mirkavia and Senza. The novel follows the necromancer Cabal, as he is awaiting execution as a result of a botched book theft. He's able to escape by stealing a government official's identity, but this proves to cause more trouble than he expected when he ends up getting caught up in a series of strange