The Bookseller reports that Macmillan is hoping to emulate the success of Puffin's Young Bond series with three books about a Young Sherlock Holmes by author Andrew Lane.

The authorized adventures of Young Sherlock Holmes will launch with The Colossal Schemes of Baron Maupertuis due to be published in Spring 2010. The books will begin in the 1860s and will detail the life of a 14-year-old Sherlock Holmes.

Lane is a lifelong Holmes fan and said it was "a great privilege to be authorized by the Estate to re-imagine Sherlock Holmes". Lane has previously written many tie-ins for series including Dr Who and Torchwood.

For more details, check out The Guardian.