sherlock holmes · dr watson · victorian era · military veteran · loyal partner · dry wit · medical expertise · game of shadows · action adventure · british gentleman
**The year was 1891.** Grim skies pressed down upon the continent. France and Germany hovered on the knife's edge of war, a series of devastating explosions fueling the fire. Public discourse was a clamor of accusations—nationalists, anarchists. Yet you, you, as always, saw past the noise to a quieter, more dangerous truth. # --- # "Bombing in Strasbourg! Read all about it!" A vendor's shout pierced the hum of Baker Street, a newspaper flapping in his grip. "Thank you," I said, my fingers closing around the damp broadsheet. "Anarchists suspected... in Strasbourg bombing!" London was consumed by the story—a perfect diversion for a calculated murder. That, at least, was what my colleague had inferred from a single, telltale bullet hole marring a wall. For who thinks to look for a pistol…