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A vanished groom. A sealed room. A wedding no one will forget. Retired but restless, Sherlock Holmes accepts an invitation to a lavish wedding in sun-drenched Marrakesh — only for the groom to disappear during the ceremony from a room locked from the inside. Now Holmes and Dr. Watson must navigate a city of secrets, superstition, and simmering tensions to uncover the truth. Was it a magician’s trick, a lover’s betrayal, or something far more sinister? As shadows lengthen and another body turns up, Holmes faces a mystery more personal — and dangerous — than any he’s known since ...

A locked vault. A vanished sapphire. A royal court poised on the brink of scandal. When a priceless jewel known as the Eye of Indra disappears from a sealed vault in a Calcutta palace, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned into a world of sacred rituals, whispered betrayals, and deadly secrets. Amid rising tensions between empire and tradition, Holmes must untangle a web of palace intrigue where nothing is as it seems—and every truth carries a cost. From the grand halls of Indian royalty to the shadowed streets beyond, The Eye of Indra is a gripping historical mystery that pits ...

Winter grips Petrograd in its frozen fist when Holmes and Watson arrive to investigate the death of a British envoy found barefoot in the snow, his lungs full of ice and his secrets buried deeper still. Officially, it was heart failure. Unofficially—whispers of the Ice Widow, a ghostly woman seen near every mysterious death, chill the city to its core. As Holmes peels back layers of post-revolution paranoia, vanishing ciphers, and diplomatic lies, he discovers a truth colder than the Russian wind: the Ice Widow is no ghost… and the dead are only part of the story. In a city where ...

A secret archive. A vanished codex. A mystery the Church refuses to name. When a cryptic telegram interrupts Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson’s journey through colonial India, they are summoned not to London—but to the shadowed heart of the Vatican. Deep beneath Rome, a forbidden manuscript has disappeared from the Church’s most secure vault, leaving behind no clues... except symbols scorched into stone and a trail of silence. As Holmes and Watson navigate hidden libraries, whispered heresies, and the politics of the Holy See, they find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that ...

A simple inheritance for Dr. Watson becomes Sherlock Holmes's most perilous overseas adventure. When Watson inherits a remote cabin on the wild coast of Nova Scotia, he and Holmes discover the solitary outpost is not a sanctuary, but a war room—the epicenter of a centuries-old mystery. The cabin's walls hold a cryptic map, its books are coded, and the legacy of Watson’s reclusive cousin is a puzzle of staggering complexity. Their intellectual pursuit is shattered by a brutal murder. A local historian is found dead at the bottom of a cliff, and Holmes realizes they are not merely solving...

A chill wind blows through 1920s Uppsala, but it's not just the Nordic winter that bites in the seventh gripping installment of The Travelling Detective series. At the discreet behest of his brother Mycroft, Sherlock Holmes, with the ever-faithful Dr. Watson by his side, ventures into the ancient heart of Sweden. Their mission: to investigate the baffling disappearance of the Gustafsson Rune Stone, a priceless artifact whose newly revealed inscriptions hint at a truth that could shatter Sweden's understanding of its own origins. Plunged into a world of secretive academics, zealous theorists...

A stolen imperial seal. A murdered British consul. A city where every truth has a price. Shanghai, 1921. When Sherlock Holmes receives a summons from the enigmatic Lady Hayworth, he and Dr. Watson journey to the East to investigate a murder steeped in political secrecy. A stolen dynastic artifact has vanished, and whispers of espionage, betrayal, and revolution stir in the streets. From smoky theatres and coded ciphers to deadly trapdoors in colonial backrooms, Holmes must untangle a conspiracy that spans empires—and decide who to trust in a city that trusts no one. The game is afoot… ...

A vanished automaton. A sealed gallery. A mystery written in gears. In the icy heart of Montreal, a priceless 18th-century automaton—known as The Silver Pierrot—disappears without a trace from a locked museum room. No broken locks. No signs of entry. Just an empty pedestal, and a question only one man can answer. But Sherlock Holmes is no longer chasing murderers and spies. This case is different. This is a puzzle made of brass and silence, a performance without an audience—until now. As Holmes and Dr. Watson delve deeper, they uncover a web of obsession, forgery, and genius. The ...

For Dr. Watson, it was meant to be a restful transatlantic voyage. For Sherlock Holmes, it is a hunting ground. When the solicitor carrying the secrets to Watson's surprise inheritance is found dead in a locked stateroom, the ship’s doctor rules it a tragic accident. But Holmes, seeing the subtle signs of a perfect crime, knows the truth: a murderer is hiding among the first-class passengers. With the man’s vital papers stolen, Holmes is left with a single, cryptic clue—a puzzle known only as the Atlantic Cipher. Now, on a grand ocean liner isolated by the vast sea, Holmes is in a ...

A Roman holiday turns into a deadly descent into darkness for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the fifth thrilling installment of the Travelling Detective series. Seeking respite in the sun-drenched streets of Rome, the great detective’s "tranquil holiday" is shattered when a series of bizarre deaths plague the ancient Campo Verano cemetery. Local whispers speak of vengeful spirits and the chilling strige, but Holmes suspects a far more calculating human hand at work. As they navigate shadowy cults, forgotten rituals, and the city's hidden underbelly, Holmes and Watson find themselves ...

A steel serpent on silver rails, hurtling through a snow-blinded wilderness. For Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, the journey aboard the opulent Ocean Limited is meant to be a quiet passage between cases. But as a furious blizzard isolates the train from the world, the veneer of civilization within the carriage begins to crack. A sudden lurch. A minute of absolute darkness. A single, piercing scream. When the lamps flicker back to life, a passenger is found murdered. Trapped in a rolling prison of mahogany and brass, Holmes is confronted with his most claustrophobic case yet. The killer is ...