Within this thrilling new criminal offense book that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. King’s Edgar and Creasey Awards-winning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses pathways with Sherlock Holmes-in a spellbinding dual secret that could arrive only from the ‘intelligent, witty, and complicated’ brain of NY Times bestselling author Laurie R. Ruler. Kate Martinelli has seen her talk about of peculiar stuff as a SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA cop, about The Artwork of Detection but under no circumstances anything that can compare with this: an ornate Victorian sitting room straight out of the Sherlock Holmes story-complete with violin, tobacco-filled Persian slipper, and gunshots in the wallpaper that spell out the initials from the late queen. Philip Gilbert was a genuine Holmes fanatic, from his antiquated decoration to his classic wardrobe. No mere enthusiast of fiction’s great detective, but a respected expert using a collection of priceless memorabilia-a collection some would destroy for. As well as perhaps somebody do: In his collection can be a century-old manuscript purportedly written by Holmes himself-a manuscript that eerily echoes details of Gilbert’s own murder. Now, with the help of her partner, Al Hawkin, Kate are required to follow the convoluted path of the killer-one who may have trained at the feet of the greatest mind of most times.