Alan Vanneman extends the boundaries of the Sherlock Holmes canon with this crafty new novel in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson dodge intrigue and crime on a trail that leads to the fabled and fabulous lost Hapsburg tiara.

It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe - eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty - is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window....

Presents eight classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "Silver Blaze," and "The Reigate Puzzle."

"1898. Holmes and Watson encounter American newspaper magnate, John Moxton, whose yellow press Clarion is beginning to dominate and undermine Victorian England. Public figures are humiliated then murdered. Each incident has a parallel in Alice in Wonderland. And each time the Clarion is conveniently on hand"--

"London 1895. A murder with a distinctive signature suggests that Jack the Ripper may still be alive and no longer confining his attention to ladies of easy virtue. Holmes and Watson set out to find the answer with the unlikely help of Oscar Wilde"--