In the stark winter of 1889, an unknown respiratory disease sweeps across the country and much of the world. As the population struggles to adapt and survive, Sherlock Holmes tracks the missing heir of an industrial tycoon to a remote island on the East Coast of England. Can Holmes reunite the boy with his father, or will sinister forces thwart him? In the second of five stories told by Watson in the traditional style with a touch of humour, Holmes and Watson witness the perfect murder when a prominent judge is slain at an exclusive dinner party. A footman carrying a fortune in jewels disappears from a snowbound train. He has clearly absconded with his mistress’s gems. But when a corpse is discovered in the baggage car, the plot thickens. Holmes uses the latest advances in technology and forensics to catch the thief. Strange Druidic rituals at a country-house shooting party in the Welsh marches lead to murder. Which of the guests has done the dastardly deed? The colonel of the 20th Lancers has been murdered in their cantonment in Kotapur in India, and his butler has been arrested. Can Holmes solve the case from his sitting room 5,000 miles away? Follow Holmes as he investigates five cases described in the traditional style - with a touch of humour - by Doctor Watson.