First published 2017
Sherlock Holmes steps back into his Baker Street flat in 1894, three years after the world believed he perished at Reichenbach Falls. Watson stares in disbelief as his old partner explains how he survived Professor Moriarty's deadly trap. Holmes reveals what happened during those missing years, a period that left London's criminal underworld free to flourish. Now the detective must rebuild his practice and tackle thirteen new cases that test his legendary powers of deduction. Each mystery pulls Holmes and Watson deeper into a web of crimes that plagued the city during the Great Hiatus. As they work through blackmail schemes, mysterious disappearances, and elaborate murders, the partnership that made them famous slowly reforms. Watson documents their adventures while knowing that Holmes grows weary of detective work and dreams of retirement to the countryside.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, detective, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers, partnership
Setting: Baker-Street, London
Period: 1894
321 pages · Paperback · Independently published