London, October-1894A pair of cryptic messages lead Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to a destroyed photographer's studio and into an assassination attempt. Their only clue to unravel the mystery is a damaged photograph plate bearing a post-mortem portrait of a dead shipping magnate and his grieving widow. With no time to lose, the game is again afoot-with death and destruction threatening to explode from the looming shadows of a war to end all wars. Plunging into a boiling cauldron of international intrigue, Holmes and Watson, joined again by the redoubtable Eby Stokes, are in for the fight of their lives-a fight where brains must match brawn to turn a deadly tide...ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The award winning Andrew Salmon is the author of two previous Fight Card Sherlock Holmes tales-Work Capitol and Blood To The Bone. His other Sherlockian tales have appeared in the first five volumes of Airship 27's bestselling Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective series.
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