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Sherlock Holmes in The Problem of the Painted Veil
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 2 2026
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
On a bitter January evening in 18--, the celebrated actress Vivienne Harcourt collapses on stage at the Lyceum Theatre-dying at the precise moment her character meets the same fate. The police dismiss it as tragic coincidence, but theater manager Horace Cathcart knows better. A mysterious crystalline residue appeared on the silk veil that touched the actress's face, only to vanish within the hour.
Sherlock Holmes soon discovers that the backstage world of London's most fashionable playhouse conceals darker dramas than any staged performance. In the perfume-laden chaos behind the curtain, ambition and desperation collide. A young understudy hungry for stardom. A dresser mourning her destroyed daughter. A nobleman obsessed with what he cannot possess. A property master hiding dangerous secrets.
But as Holmes delves deeper into the chemistry of the crime, he uncovers something unprecedented: a poison that required no single murderer. Multiple hands, multiple grudges, multiple substances-all converging at a single deadly moment.
In a case where everyone claims innocence while all are guilty, can even Sherlock Holmes untangle the threads of a crime that was, in its terrible way, unavoidable?
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