Can I read Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes on EtoBox?

Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes by Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes about?

This is as unique an effort to capture the essence of the Mycroft Holmes character as I have ever been fortunate enough to enjoy. Second probably only to Quinn Fawcett's more recent work on the "Brotherhood" series, this 1979 novel by Michael Hodel and Sean Wright really brings the Mycroft Holmes character alive. The authors explain how they stumble across the hidden manuscript in an antique store, and then present the work for the reader. I believe this book pre-dates or is a contemporary of the work of Nicholas Meyer, who used a similar device in his books ("Seven Percent Solution", etc.), to explain how he came across new Sherlock stories. Hodel and Wright go a step further, and offer insightful footnotes throughout which help to illuminate past and future items in the Canon, as well as historical perspective. In the manuscript (reportedly written in the clear, concise hand of Mycroft himself), a young Mycroft relates an adventure involving a political plot to embroil England in a second American Civil War. Murder and intrigue are the order of the day, and our hapless Foreign Office assistant is right in the middle! The pace rarely slows, and Sherlock is on hand to assist as he

Who reads Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes?

Author

Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright

Publisher

@mystery_books_ar

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780872167117

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.61 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14