A Dreadful Affliction: A Modern Sherlock Holmes Mystery (In Loco Parentis Book 2)

‘Come with me, then,’ said Holmes, sitting up. ‘To where I saw Sutton, I mean. We could find him, contact the police together—’
‘No.’
He seemed to deflate. ‘But—’
‘I shall not visit a place where people routinely ingest drugs, nor will I in the least part sanction your doing so. You will not continue this…activity, or you will not continue your education at Wembol.’
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It came to me then that this was Holmes’ dreadful affliction: his life’s passion and Achilles’ heel.
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The year is 1990; the place, Wembol School, London. When former pupil William Sutton goes missing, an eager Sherlock Holmes, aged fourteen, takes it upon himself to solve the case, much to Headmaster Thomas Carpitcher’s dismay.
Second in the In Loco Parentis series, A Dreadful Affliction now has Headmaster Carpitcher scrambling to keep up as Holmes blatantly disregards school regulations and his own safety to delve into London’s unsavoury underworld—and unsnarl the truth.