Sherlock Holmes: The Widow of Devil's Dyke
(2026)(A book in the Watson Chronicles series)
A novel by Christopher D Abbott
When a priceless Byzantine reliquary vanishes from a secluded Sussex priory, Sherlock Holmes is summoned to recover it before diplomatic tensions erupt. The courier, Edwin Vale, has disappeared—and his estranged wife insists he was taken by the thing that stalks Devil’s Dyke.
Holmes expects superstition. Instead he finds plague‑pit vapours, a dead monk marked by mysterious burns, and a metallic apparition glowing in the fog. As Holmes and Watson unravel clockwork illusions and chemical trickery, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens the Crown itself.
A macabre Victorian mystery where superstition, machinery, and madness collide.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Holmes expects superstition. Instead he finds plague‑pit vapours, a dead monk marked by mysterious burns, and a metallic apparition glowing in the fog. As Holmes and Watson unravel clockwork illusions and chemical trickery, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens the Crown itself.
A macabre Victorian mystery where superstition, machinery, and madness collide.
Genre: Historical Mystery