The latest book in the series continuing the adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and Watson investigate the case of a kidnapped child, with a sinister connection to the highest echelons of Victorian society.

David Stuart Davies is one of Britain's leading Sherlockian writers. He was editor of Sherlock Holmes The Detective Magazine, authored several Holmes novels, hit play Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act, Titan's Starring Sherlock Holmes and a biography of Jeremy Brett. He is advisor to the Sherlock Holmes museum, and contributed commentaries to DVDs of the Basil Rathbone Holmes films.