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Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm
''Fire Storm'' is the fourth novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series. It was written by Andy Lane and released in 2011.〔
==Plot==
The story begins with Sherlock discovering that his Uncle Sherrinford and Aunt Anna's housekeeper, Mrs. Eglantine, is blackmailing Sherlock's aunt and uncle into keeping her employed. Sherlock discovers Mrs. Eglantine talking to a blackmailer named Josh Harkness. He and his friend Matty Arnatt follow Harkness to a tannery, which also serves as Harkness's base of operations. Sneaking inside, Sherlock and Matty discover a number of boxes containing the information Harkness uses to blackmail people. Sherlock and Matty then proceed to destroy the information by throwing it into the tannery vats, the information on Sherlock's aunt and uncle included. Sherlock then returns and informs his aunt and uncle of his deed, causing them to fire Mrs. Eglantine.〔
Later, Sherlock goes to see his tutor, Amyus Crowe and Crowe's daughter Virginia, but he discovers that they are not there and that their house is empty. Sherlock and Matty discover a clue, which points to Edinburgh. They, along with Sherlock's violin teacher Rufus Stone, travel to Edinburgh in search of Mr. Crowe. However, Rufus Stone gets abducted in Newcastle, leaving Sherlock and Matty to continue to Edinburgh without him. Once in Edinburgh, they discover a coded newspaper advertisement which leads them to the nearby town of Cramond. However, before they can act upon this, they get abducted by a man named Bruce Scobell, who is also holding Rufus Stone captive. Scobell tortures Sherlock for information on Amyus Crowe's whereabouts. However, Sherlock, Matty, and Rufus Stone escape without answering Scobell's questions. Sherlock, Matty, and Stone then travel to Cramond, where they locate Crowe and his daughter. Soon, however Scobell and his men set fire to Crowe's hideout, causing Sherlock, Matty, Stone, and Crowe and his daughter to move into the open, where Scobell's men are waiting with crossbows. The five manage to escape, but they get scattered across the countryside. Sherlock, who is with Virginia (Crowe's daughter) find shelter, but get captured by a local criminal gang early the next morning. Sherlock manages to bargain with the leader of the criminal gang, who agrees to release him and his companions if Sherlock can prove the gang leader's sister has not committed a murder she was accused of. Sherlock successfully deduces that the murderer is someone else, but by then Scobell's men have arrived, forcing the gang leader to go back on his promise. Sherlock has to set loose a fighting bear to cause mayhem, allowing him and his companions to escape. The book ends with the Paradol Chamber, the main antagonist from group the previous novel capturing Sherlock, drugging him, and stowing him on board a ship bound for China.〔Andy Lane. ''Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm.''〕
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