AFFAIR OF THE INCOGNITO TENANT

In 1903, widow Charlotte Dodson's livelihood is threatened by sinister events that converge on the small Sussex village where she is housekeeper at a mysterious manor. At the center of a black conspiracy, the only man she can trust emerges as Sherlock Holmes. As the plot thickens credulous villagers whisper that a vampire is on the loose, a dangerous prisoner escapes from Dartmoor, and the legendary jewel, Orb of Kezir, goes missing. The story is told in the voice of a passionate young widow, with whom Sherlock Holmes falls in love -- as much as his cold, self-absorbed nature will allow him to love. She is an intellectual sparring partner for him -- his match in deduction -- and excels in the domestic arts. She foils more than one villain using common household objects and tools, much to the amazement of Scotland Yard and to the gratitude of Shelock Holmes, whose life she saves.