Sherlock Holmes and The Giant Rat of Sumatra

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Autumn 1898. London. A scandal in the making.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dockworkers are stunned by the arrival of the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Matilda Briggs</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> a long overdue tea cutter returning from Calcutta. Abandoned by its crew the dust-covered vessel has seems to have drifted into a vacant berth guided by </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>an unseen hand</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The only member of the crew aboard is a lone cabin boy in the throes of death following a murderous attack.</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> The ship's log has also vanished without a trace. All that remains is a series of indecipherable markings have been scratched into the ship's decking.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sherlock Holmes and his faithful Watson are called to divest the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Matilda Briggs</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> of its secrets only to be subtly warned off by the ship's insurers. Then a young man appears at 122B Baker Street with a mysterious packet from his missing father - who disappeared journeying to London from Calcutta. </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A confounding conspiracy seems set to boil over</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What was in the cargo besides innocent tea chests? Will the violence and rebellion that follow shift the tides from the favour of the Great Detective?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Is the world finally ready for this tale?</strong></p>