| Author: | Peter Tong | ISBN: | 9781370188772 |
| Publisher: | Peter Tong | Publication: | September 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Tong |
| ISBN: | 9781370188772 |
| Publisher: | Peter Tong |
| Publication: | September 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
What happens after the famous private detective Sherlock Holmes dies fighting evil Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls? It takes time for the news to reach the general public, so desperate people still come to seek his help at 221b Baker Street. Holmes’ landlady, the indomitable Mrs. Hudson, and her Cockney maid Fanny-Annie Grubbins, take over his work to become The Detective Ladies of Baker Street. However they soon discover nothing is simple in the world of private detectives, especially female ones in a Victorian male-dominated society.
Women are being attacked in broad daylight by a man the papers call Jack the Nipper, and nothing is being done to stop it. Miss Prim, their neighbour at 221a Baker Street, is his latest victim and the Detective Ladies go into the streets to track down the vile fingered beast. Only to encounter a sinister story of Establishment arrogance and suppression of the truth by the newspapers and the police. They are arrested for suspicious behaviour while they stalk their prey, attacked by smartly dressed thugs, and an investigative journalist who agrees to help Mrs Hudson and Fanny-Annie, is beaten up and warns them not to proceed with their detective work. Fanny-Annie is also viciously attacked by the Nipper.
Undeterred, even by the death of a young shop assistant who can identify the attacker, they finally track him down. But their work is not done, for there is a twist; someone else is on the streets impersonating the Nipper.
What happens after the famous private detective Sherlock Holmes dies fighting evil Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls? It takes time for the news to reach the general public, so desperate people still come to seek his help at 221b Baker Street. Holmes’ landlady, the indomitable Mrs. Hudson, and her Cockney maid Fanny-Annie Grubbins, take over his work to become The Detective Ladies of Baker Street. However they soon discover nothing is simple in the world of private detectives, especially female ones in a Victorian male-dominated society.
Women are being attacked in broad daylight by a man the papers call Jack the Nipper, and nothing is being done to stop it. Miss Prim, their neighbour at 221a Baker Street, is his latest victim and the Detective Ladies go into the streets to track down the vile fingered beast. Only to encounter a sinister story of Establishment arrogance and suppression of the truth by the newspapers and the police. They are arrested for suspicious behaviour while they stalk their prey, attacked by smartly dressed thugs, and an investigative journalist who agrees to help Mrs Hudson and Fanny-Annie, is beaten up and warns them not to proceed with their detective work. Fanny-Annie is also viciously attacked by the Nipper.
Undeterred, even by the death of a young shop assistant who can identify the attacker, they finally track him down. But their work is not done, for there is a twist; someone else is on the streets impersonating the Nipper.
