THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOTABLE BACHELORETTE. A NOBLE ENGLISHMAN ASKS SHERLOCK HOLMES TO HELP FIND HIS MISSING AMERICAN WIFE. THE NEXT DAY, HE IS DEAD AND HIS WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER.

A blue-blooded snobbish English lord comes to 221B Baker Street. His much younger wife, a beautiful, independent American, has vanished and he knows she has been kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes has to find her.

Three days later a terrible crime takes place and the wife is accused of it. Now she seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes.

Neither husband nor wife are paragons of Victorian virtue.

So who did it? Was it the wife? The mistress? The younger brother?

Set in Victorian London and using the themes and characters familiar to Sherlock Holmes fans, this mystery will keep readers guess and trying to follow the clues that Sherlock discovers. It is modeled on the original story, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.

The steamy events in the private lives of British aristocracy are as racy as can be allowed when writing stories in the manner of Conan Doyle. But that does not mean you cannot use your imagination. Free on Kindle.