A bloodstained room, a missing woman, a passionate affair gone wrong.
September in London, and the city basks in a glorious Indian summer.
Sherlock Holmes
has more work than he can handle, and when the Home Office asks him to sniff out a plot by Russian assassins on radical politician
George Dashing
, Holmes and
Watson
find themselves distracted by more pressing cases.
Meanwhile, there is scandal at the home of Dashing's great political rival,
Sir Henry Catanache
. When Sir Henry's housemaid goes missing, leaving only a pool of blood behind, his son is the prime suspect. Can Sherlock discover the truth? Or will the Catanache family be rescued by
Laurence Martin
, a detective newly arrived in London who is dazzling society with some remarkable triumphs?
Martin proves a surprising and enigmatic figure, and
Mrs Hudson
and
Flotsam
, her intrepid helper, soon find themselves as intrigued by the detective as they are by the crime...
A compelling cosy crime novel based in the legend of Sherlock Holmes, perfect for fans of M. R. C. Kasasian, Oscar de Muriel and Elly Griffiths.