'When Sherlock Holmes was at the peak of his success he disappeared, abruptly, for three years. Dr. Watson believed him to be dead. No-one knows what happened to him in those years...until now.
'Watson takes up his pen one last time to describe in a private memoir the true tale of Holmes' adventures during his three-year absence from Baker Street, and provides a fictional explanation for many of the mysteries and inaccuracies found with the Sherlock Holmes collection of stories and novels.
'The answers come in the shape of a woman - Elizabeth Sigerson. Elizabeth is independent, practical, a crack shot with a pistol, and definitely not a woman of her time. Elizabeth is embroiled in Holmes' life at a time when Holmes is building his scheme to expose Moriarty. She can more than hold her own against Holmes' abilities, but she has a secret that Holmes is compelled to solve.' (Author's synopsis)
