Sherlock Holmes is bored between cases at 221B Baker Street. So when King Oskar II of Sweden-who offers heard of the discovery from the Kensington Runestone by a farmer in Minnesota-asks to activate his solutions, Holmes jumps at the opportunity to decipher the runes and determine whether the find is true or a hoax. With Dr. John H. Watson by his part, faithfully documenting every details, Holmes makes his method to Minnesota for any third period. But, in the first of many strange and unfortunate coincidences, the about Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery farmer who found the mysterious stone is murdered, and the rock itself is taken on the day the popular detective arrives.

By using one Shadwell Rafferty, now a pal and partner, Holmes need to solve this baffling case to find both stone and the murderer.

“Millett holders Holmes and Watson good and is certainly in his comfort zone with Rafferty, a thoroughly engaging personality. It doesn’t matter if Holmes ever actually came to Minnesota or if the Rune rock was genuine or fake. Just how Millett tells the tale, readers will become happy to take his word for this.”-Web publishers Weekly