Sherlock meets Ocean's Eleven in this wickedly funny, action-packed crime caper

Dangers are faced in London in an engaging, characterful debut ... with enjoyably convincing family relationships -- Nicolette Jones Sunday Times, Pick of the Week Aimed at young adventurers, Rohan Gavin's Knightley & Son, for age 10+, perfectly combines comedy and crime-solving as young Doc Knightley tries to discover what caused his father, a private investigator, to fall into a coma. This is an engaging debut and the tweed-loving Doc is a young Holmes for our times Daily Mail Full of suspense, intrigue and humour this is a modern day classic detective mystery Guardian Best New Children's Books, Summer 2014 Heaps of mystery, dry humor and tweed abound in this exemplar of crime fiction a la Doyle ... A rousing page-turner with one fault: it ends Kirkus Reviws, starred review A lively romp which will certainly please young readers Books for Keeps This is a fun crime novel for young readers ... hilarious and a bit scary, it's a good adventure bookwitch.com Rohan Gavin has created a protagonist that readers will grow to love bookzone4boys.com My inner twelve-year-old took to Darkus pretty much instantly ... it reminded me of the Artemis Fowl books ... I'd recommend for the young Sherlockian, crime aficionado, or action fan in anyone's life Bakerstreetbabes.com

Rohan Gavin attended Exeter College, Oxford and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he worked as a screenwriter. After developing a passion for hard-boiled detective fiction and outlandish conspiracy theories, he returned to London to write the Knightley & Son series. His ambition is to start a father-son detective agency, if his son will allow it.