My Dear Watson

<p>One of the most famous partnerships in literature yields over time to a peculiar romantic triangle. Sherlock Holmes. Dr. John Watson. And the good doctor's second wife whom Doyle never named. In L.A. Fields's novel Mrs. Watson is a clever woman who realizes through examining all the prior cases her husband shared with the world's greatest consulting detective that the two men shared more than adventures: they were lovers as well. In 1919 after the pair has retired Mrs. Watson invites Holmes to her home to meet him face to face. Thus begins a recounting of a peculiar affair between extraordinary men. "You are such a unique person" Holmes says poisonously. "What a shame that history will most likely never remember your name." The question Mrs. Watson faces: Did Holmes simply take advantage of her husband's loyalty and love or did the detective return those feelings? And what to do now that the pair are no longer living together at Baker Street and Watson has other claims on his affections? A finalist for the Lambda Literary Award <em>My Dear Watson</em> offers readers a romance that requires as much reasoning to puzzle out as it does passion. Mrs. Watson proves a worthy opponent-in intellect in guile in conviction-for the great detective.</p>