The fifteenth book in the brilliant series featuring Sherlock Holmes and his wife Mary Russell. It's 1925 and Russell and Holmes are just returned to their quiet Sussex home after thier latest international intrigue. Holmes is away and Mrs Hudson, the housekeeper, has gone out to do the shopping, leaving Mary home alone to enjoy the peace and quiet. Then a stranger arrives at the door, claiming to be Mrs. Hudson's longlost son from Australia. Mary didn't know Mrs. Hudson had a son; that's the first clue that something about this situation is wrong.
Sometime later, Mrs. Hudson arrives, to find the house empty, the smell of gun powder, signs of a struggle, blood pooled on the floor in the parlor, and --- Mary missing.
Sherlock Holmes knows the key to his wife's fate lies in a deadly secret hidden in the long-buried past of his respectable housekeeper.
Once again, King takes a few minor threads from the Holmesian canon and weaves together a whole new perspective on the tale of the world's first consulting detective.
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