Sherlock Holmes, legendary sleuth of Victorian London, is asked to authenticate the work of what appears to be a long lost Shakespearean play. Alas, just as the famed detective is about to announce his conclusion, the manuscript is stolen—and the chase is on to locate and recover it... As Sherlock Holmes and his trusted sidekick, Dr. John Watson, begin to unravel the mystery of the missing play, their investigation leads them on a convoluted but logical path. But the closer they come to the missing play, the more their lives are endangered. Now, as the clever pair of investigators become the pursued, can Holmes and Watson locate and recover the missing Shakespeare play without dying at the hands of a diabolical killer?

J.R. Rain, #1 international bestselling author of the Vampire for Hire series, again teams up with Chanel Smith for another Sherlock Holmes mystery thriller! When Holmes joins his sidekick and friend, Doctor Watson, at the wake for Brigadier Buffington, they wonder how Buffington acquired a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting. And, after a curious incident or two, another question arises: Did Buffington die of natural causes? A wager between the good doctor and the legendary sleuth turns into an outright competition, with each investigator withholding clues from the other! The game is afoot as they compete to win the wager... and uncover possible murder, deceit and scandal. It's up to Holmes and Watson to sift through the mounting evidence in order to derive the motive, means and opportunity for each crime. The great Victorian London detective must use deductive reasoning - and even outright trickery - in order to learn whodunnit and why. But when material evidence disappears, will it be Watson or Holmes who finally deduces the truth from a tangled web of lies? And will the lost da Vinci painting be recovered before it disappears forever?