A Mistake, Two Incidents, and a Murder

From the author of The Darkened Village and The Medium of Death comes four mysteries featuring London's first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his faithful biographer, Dr. John H. Watson. While investigating the wrongful incarceration of a young man for murder, Holmes uncovers a tangled web of deception-and makes one misstep with tragic consequences. Long the chronicler and companion of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John H. Watson has frequently helped his friend investigate mysterious circumstances on behalf of those people beset by them, but now he must apply to Sherlock Holmes himself to unravel a baffling incident of his own. In another case, Holmes is engaged by Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard to uncover a killer who committed a brazen act of murder before hundreds of witnesses, not one of whom can identify him. And, lastly, Holmes is hired on Boxing Day by eight-year-old Christopher Baker to find his sister's doll, which was stolen from under their tree before his family could unwrap their presents on Christmas morning. But is there more to this inexplicable and seemingly simple incident than is immediately apparent? A mistake, two incidents, and a murder combine to provide four satisfying entries in detection that are sure to entertain and surprise those who follow the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson-and even those who don't.