When Moira Keegan tries to recruit Sherlock Holmes to save her
father's life, Holmes, Watson and Mrs. Hudson do their best to
convince the 12-year old that she has misunderstood her
father's situation. When, a short time later, they read that
Moira's father was found dead in a sleazy waterfront inn, the
members of London's premier consulting detective agency have a
new client and a singular purpose. In this, the second in the Mrs.
Hudson of Baker Street series, the part-time housekeeper and
full-time sage of 221B will lead her colleagues in a quest for
justice that will put them at odds with Scotland Yard, Irish
revolutionaries, religious zealots, and even the "London
Times." Before Mrs. Hudson can bring everything to right she
will need to enlist the assistance of Charles Stewart Parnell, the
leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and his mistress Katharine
O'Shea.Barry S. Brown has spent most of his professional life
conducting research in the areas of mental health, criminology and
drug abuse. He has published two books and more than a hundred
journal articles and chapters examining those issues. He now lives
with his wife, Ann, in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, an ocean and
a century removed from the London of Sherlock Holmes.
