Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson face complex crimes including attempted assassination, blackmail and the theft of a mysterious book. They encounter anarchists, artists, and ancient legends as they seek the truth at the turn of the last century in London and East Anglia. As well as Holmes, occult detective John Silence, a hotel boot boy, a young Miss Marple and Watson help unravel the mysteries, along with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in the debut collection by Tim Newton Anderson.