While dealing with his mad brother and the psychiatrist profiting from Sherlock's delusions, his Honour, Judge Mycroft Holmes works closely with his live-in lover, Inspector Gregory Lestrade, in finding justice for an innocent young female prostitute accused of murder.
The first of the Judge Mycroft Holmes series, with an entirely original take on the Holmes family and their extended friendships. Insanity, asylums and a feminist murderer all conspire to give our sickly Judge Holmes a bad turn. Thankfully, he has Inspector Gregory Lestrade, his good, dear, most precious 'friend', to aid him in his daily strife. Mrs. Hudson is a qualified nurse, but she hardly has the bedside manner of the handsome inspector...