Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Divine Miss Sarah

Who can resist the appeal of a beautiful woman pleading for assistance after an object she held as among her most precious possessions is mysteriously stolen? And what if that woman happens to be the most celebrated actress in Victorian London? Still recovering from a heartbreaking loss that nearly destroyed him, Dr. Watson is called to return to Baker Street as he ventures beside Holmes into a vast West End theater filled with odd characters and strange clues, all in pursuit of a truth that might be less welcomed by the esteemed client than she may care to face. Looming over all are hints of a previous investigation in which the lady played a role, and which clearly left Holmes with a less than approving opinion of some matters from her chequered past. It’s all in The Case of the Divine Miss Sarah, the eleventh volume in The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes….