Mycroft Holmes (novel) seek answers. Holmes and Douglas follow her to the island and are confronted with dark mysteries. Having been a fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories as a child, Abdul-Jabbar specifically chose to write about Mycroft as he felt that there was already an abundance of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Reading Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright's "Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes" caused Abdul-Jabbar to realize "more could be done with this ‘older, smarter’ character and his window on to the highest levels of British government – at a time when Britain was the most powerful
Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice older brother Mycroft continues to increase. Sherlock's older brother, who works in espionage, invites Sherlock and Amyus to visit him in London, and is quickly framed for murder. In an unprecedented move Mycroft breaks his fixed orbit, and takes a trip to Russia to investigate whether or not events in that country are related to his murder accusation. Amyus, a very tall man, who helps Sherlock investigate Mycroft's murder accusation. Being his tutor he is attempting to hone Sherlock's observational and deductive skills along the way. Rufus Stone is a violinist who becomes involved in the adventure when Mycroft reveals