Young Sherlock Holmes: Red Leech (U.S. edition title: Rebel Fire) is the second novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series that depicts Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes as a teenager in the 1860s. It was written by Andrew Lane and released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 by Macmillan Books. It is a sequel to Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud and was followed by Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice which was released on 26 May 2011. Plot summary A few months following the events of the following book, Sherlock Holmes is pleased when Mycroft comes to visit him at Holmes Manor in Hampshire, but Mycroft's visit has a serious purpose, he has come to let Amyus Crowe know that British Intelligence suspect that John Wilkes Booth has come to England under the alias to John St. Helen. Without any encouragement from Mycroft or Amyus, Sherlock sets off to Godalming where Booth is suspected of hiding out, enlisting Matty Arnatt's help along the way. Sherlock and Matty locate the house in Godalming that Booth is suspected of living in, and Sherlock, under the pretense of picking up a ball that Matty threw onto the property, enters the grounds. Sherlock is kidnapped and dragged into the house by a mentally deranged man whose face is burned and scarred on one side. Sherlock escapes and flees, but the man gives chase, and they both end up on the roof of the house. Three fellow conspirators arrive and knock out the insane man, who is revealed to be John Wilkes Booth. The three plan to kill Sherlock, but he escapes with Matty's help and immediately returns to Holmes Manor to inform Mycroft and Amyus of the events that transpired. They are somewhat disappointed that Sherlock has let the conspirators know that they are under investigation. The next morning, the Holmes brothers visit Amyus who concludes that the conspirators will have taken flight and left the Godalming house. Virginia is sent to fetch Matty, but on the way back they are attacked and Matty is kidnapped. Amyus, Sherlock, and Virginia give chase, but the conspirators escape after shooting at and grazing Amyus. Sherlock manages to knock out one of the three and he is arrested. Sherlock, Virginia, Amyus, and Mycroft deduce from a coded message that the other conspirators will be heading to America, so Sherlock, Amyus, and Virginia make plans to