Stars of the silver screen Alasdair Hamilton and Toby Bowe wow the post WWII audiences with their performances. But when they depict Holmes and Watson life starts to imitate art. They get asked in by a friend to investigate a mysterious disappearance only to find a series of threatening letters—and an unwanted suitor—make real life very different from the movies.Then there's an unpleasant co-star who's found murdered during an opening night. Surely detection can’t be that hard?

Toby Bowe and Alasdair Hamilton make the perfect partnership onscreen and off. While hiding their relationship tests their acting skills to the utmost, a shared penchant for amateur detection challenges their intellect in a way that making films never can. When a practical joker appears to be targeting Landseer Studios, they're the obvious men to investigate the affair but life turns tricky when they also get asked to help a film critic who's receiving threatening letters. Suddenly they're involved with the hunt for a serial killer and the case begins to cut too close to home for comfort...