Nick Muffet and the Silver Coffin

Beware of making promises to Sherlock Holmes . . .After promising Sherlock Holmes hed look after his descendants accidental time traveler Nick Muffet discovers hes spoken too soon: from his vantage point in the twenty-first century he can find no trace of Holmess child with the cunning actress Irene Adler. His only option is to return to the past and look for himself.But time travel is risky and Nick fears he might inadvertently cause a disaster. Still a promise is a promise. Against his better judgment he commandeers Simon Binkles time machine and returns to 1890. Unfortunately his search for the elusive offspring leads nowhere and he becomes increasingly desperate. At a loss he realizes theres only one strategy left to him and its fraught with peril. He must seek out Adler herself.Securing a job at the theater where shes appearing Nick finds himself in the perfect position to observe the actress. But Adler is not the type to make things easy and his distance is soon compromised. Thats just the beginning of his problems though. It seems Adler is involved in much more than just acting and Nick is in far more trouble than he ever imagined.