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At this year's Royal Ascot, the stakes have never been higher. Amy Thiel, Holmes's kidnapped ally and Gregson's sweetheart, is alive but in peril. Though she doesn’t know her captors' deadly plans, she sends a secret message to Holmes and Lucy. It’s intercepted. Desperate to find her, the Baker Street team relies on a chance remark Becky overheard weeks earlier, leading them to England's most famous racecourse. With the Royal entourage set to attend, Sherlock and Lucy suspect a sinister plot. At a pre-race meeting, they pressure reluctant authorities to tighten security. As the pomp and...

Sherlock and Lucy meet their wildest case yet. At the London Zoo, Sherlock and Lucy must discover how an enormous cobra escaped its cage and killed a rhesus monkey. Dr. Watson's old school chum is doing research on anti-venom treatments for the military. He was responsible for all the reptiles at the zoo. Unless Sherlock and Lucy can learn the truth, he'll be blamed and his career will be ruined. Then Lucy discovers the same cobra coiled in the researcher's zoo office, ready to strike. Nearby, the man who reported the death of the rhesus monkey lies dead. Watson's researcher friend is ...

In London's fashionable Hyde Park, six murders have been discovered since the King's recent coronation. The gossip columnist known as 'Lady Whispers' is the latest victim—was she killed because her last column ridiculed an upstart duchess for announcing an upcoming conation ball? Enter Nellie Bly, fearless reporter with a nose for trouble. Fynn, the plucky Irregular with a hero's heart, finds himself in a daring rescue—that is, until Bly disappears into the night. The Baker Street team enters a whirlwind of clues and shadows.

Holmes must choose between a missing sailor and an ingenious art heist. But Flynn is caught in the crossfire. When a distressed sister seeks help to find her long-lost brother, Sherlock Holmes, Lucy James, and Dr. Watson, swing into action. Even though a priceless painting has vanished from the well-guarded palace of Hampton Court, Holmes focuses the Baker Street team on the recovery of the poor woman's next of kin. Police Inspector Lestrade pleads for help with the case of the missing painting. He reveals what the newspapers suppressed: one of the palace warders was found dead at the scene...

In the fashionable heart of London, a spy peddles false enlightenment, and his disciples are dying. A new guru has captivated the posh neighborhood of Bloomsbury. But beneath the veneer of illumination, Sherlock and Lucy suspect murderers, killing to fund a network of spies. Tackling a criminal syndicate requires more than just wit; it demands style. They enlist the aid of Amy Thiel, sweetheart of Inspector Tobias Gregson, to work with Lucy undercover. The team must also contend with an attempt to frame Lucy's husband Jack, and corruption in the high levels of the police force. Flynn wants ...

Sherlock and Lucy must juggle a circus of suspects to find a killer. On a cold March morning in London, Sherlock and Lucy are called to The Olympia Amphitheater, where a clown, lifeless, hangs suspended from the high wire. They have only a few hours to find the killer before the next performance. If they fail, the circus grounds will soon be filled with angry and fearful spectators, and the killer may strike again. The circus world is close-knit and secretive, so Lucy and Jack masquerade as the replacement act for the clown. Dressed as magicians, they bring the ever-inquisitive little Becky...

England's largest gunpowder factory has exploded. Now Sherlock and Lucy must prevent a second disaster. When a dawn blast demolishes the Rexford Gunpowder works, four hundred workers lose their jobs and a 60-year-old custodian loses his life. Holmes's police ally, Inspector Gregson, thinks the disaster is no accident. But when he can't identify the killer, the case is referred to the Home Office and he's demoted, assigned to patrol the mean streets of Whitechapel. Holmes and the Baker Street team want to help. But they have no official standing. Then, after nine months of rebuilding and ...

To repay a debt, Flynn takes on a dangerous mission, and he won't let Becky help. London, 1898. Becky watches from a distance as Flynn agrees to crash a duchess's high-society costume ball in order to help a young friend. Then they both see Flynn's friend being murdered. Becky tries to talk sense to Flynn, but he won't let his friend down, even though that friend is dead. He might have listened to Sherlock and Lucy, but they're away on another case. Then Flynn goes missing. Becky now knows how right she was, but that's no comfort. Somehow, she has to find him. Flynn knows Becky was right as...

A stolen masterpiece and a deadly conspiracy. Sherlock and Lucy are called to the decaying mansion of a cash-poor British noble, where a priceless painting has gone missing. The local bank, whose very-large loan is secured by that painting, wants it found, or they'll foreclose on the estate. The nobleman and his family will be homeless. But he's besotted with a cult of aristocratic sun worshippers and can't seem to help himself. Then the bodies of two men are found inside the nobleman's home. His sister, an elderly spinster, fears that she has killed them both. The police are ready to ...

Sherlock and Lucy find themselves caught up in a medieval mystery. Step into the grandeur of 1900s London through the enthralling voices of Iona Campbell and Dallin Bradford. Experience an era where romance flourishes alongside thrilling enigmas as the preparations for a majestic gala inadvertently set the stage for a sinister crime.

Florence Nightingale's charity gala could turn from posh to perilous. Can Sherlock and Lucy save the evening and serve up justice? London, 1902: a charity bash sponsored by none other than "The Lady with the Lamp" is the talk of the town. The gala's coming up soon at the Carlton Hotel, where the new King dines and César Ritz reigns, But when a crucial researcher is murdered, the gala's not just about gourmet dishes by Escoffier anymore – it's a recipe for disaster.

Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James have become a formidable family crime-fighting team. But one murderous woman has evaded their grasp. And when they’re called to London’s Olympia Theatre to investigate the strange death of a circus clown, they quickly discover their cunning foe has struck again. Tracking the enigmatic killer through London Zoo, a fancy-dress ball, and a sinister occult organization, the erudite duo stays hot on her heels. Each time they close in, a powerful criminal mastermind intervenes, and she slips through their fingers.

The year is 1897. Sherlock Holmes and his lovely young American daughter Lucy James must foil a plot to destroy Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration, defeating the high-ranking traitor who has eluded them in their previous adventures. If they fail, the Queen and thousands of innocent people will die, and the British Empire will fall into chaos.

A fallen body at the Royal Observatory sends Sherlock and Lucy on a stellar quest. In the eerie pre-dawn glow of Victorian Greenwich, a young astronomer's assistant has mysteriously fallen to his death, seemingly from the sky. Black smoke and a flash of green light seen by the Astronomer Royal evoke the Martian attack from the popular novel "The War of the Worlds," and the assistant had been studying Mars. Sherlock and Lucy must take action. Lucy searches the assistant's home, but finds it plundered. Holmes learns that an anarchist bombed the observatory exactly six years ago. The ...

A lovely American actress awakens in London on a cold morning in 1897 - lying face down on the concrete pavement outside the British Museum. She has no memories. She does not even know who she is, although she has a vague recollection of the name Sherlock Holmes. What she believes is that she has may have just killed someone, and that someone is definitely trying to kill her. As she searches for clues to her true identity, she will learn that she is not the only target.

At England's favorite holiday spot, the darkest waters of Lake Windermere conceal the deadliest secrets. On the trail of their missing ally and Gregson's sweetheart, Amy Thiel, the Baker Street team learns of another missing woman. Their client for that case is a prominent investor and attorney in Windermere, so to investigate in clandestine fashion the team must don summer holiday attire and pretend to be tourists. The concealment doesn't last. Almost as soon as they arrive, Flynn is spotted by his old enemy, the Burner, and nearly killed. He escapes, but he now knows there's an assassin ...

A so-called psychic could send Sherlock and Lucy to the great beyond. Lucy receives a desperate plea for help from Miss Shepperton, the spinster lady who was very nearly framed for murder in the 'Sons of Helios' affair. Miss Shepperton fears a false medium is exploiting her gullible and wealthy aunt. Lucy finds Madame Yolanda to be false indeed. But when she and Holmes travel to warn the aunt, the trusting old woman is dead. Her last visitor, who left only minutes earlier, was Madame Yolanda. At Madame Yolanda's lair, Sherlock and Lucy find what appear to be the woman's suicide notes ... ...

An intriguing invitation from H. G. Wells brings Dr. Watson face to face with a man who claims to be a time traveler from ancient Rome. The 'time traveler' wants to change history and seeks Watson's help. Skeptical, Watson dismisses him, and he vanishes in a blinding flash of light. But when the light fades, Watson and Wells make a shocking discovery.

London, 1898. Held captive by a diabolical criminal mastermind and his gang of thugs, Watson overhears an assassination plot that not only endangers the life of Sherlock Holmes, but threatens to ignite a war. If he has any hope of foiling his kidnappers’ nefarious plans, he must escape - and quickly. Eluding the familiar foe proves challenging, however. Watson is soon caught and awakens in jail, the prime suspect for two murders, dressed in the clothes of a missing man, one Lord Harwell.

A young American actress arrives in London hoping to learn her identity, just as Sherlock Holmes is closing in on a master criminal. Their worlds collide, and not even Holmes could have foreseen the impact!