Dr. Watson has agreed to share rooms in Baker Strees with the eccentric acquaintance of an old friend - a Mr Sherlock Holmes. But Holmes' peculiar habits and lack of obvious occupation confound Watoson, until the gruesome discoveryof a body in an empty house in Brixton. Inviting him to join the investigation, Holmes takes Watson on a journey of fantastic discovery, unravelling a deeply impassioned story spanning several decades and two continents. In the space of three days, he has solved the crime, revealing such extraordinary skills of detection as to amaze and inspire his new friend. And so, in this fateful way, begins one of the most partnerships in the business of muder: Holmes the detective and Watson the loyal chronicler of their first 'Study in Scarlet'.

