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In London's fashionable Hyde Park, six murders have been discovered since the King's recent coronation. The gossip columnist known as 'Lady Whispers' is the latest victim—was she killed because her last column ridiculed an upstart duchess for announcing an upcoming conation ball? Enter Nellie Bly, fearless reporter with a nose for trouble. Fynn, the plucky Irregular with a hero's heart, finds himself in a daring rescue—that is, until Bly disappears into the night. The Baker Street team enters a whirlwind of clues and shadows.

Sherlock and Lucy find themselves caught up in a medieval mystery. Step into the grandeur of 1900s London through the enthralling voices of Iona Campbell and Dallin Bradford. Experience an era where romance flourishes alongside thrilling enigmas as the preparations for a majestic gala inadvertently set the stage for a sinister crime.

A young American actress arrives in London hoping to learn her identity, just as Sherlock Holmes is closing in on a master criminal. Their worlds collide, and not even Holmes could have foreseen the impact!

An intriguing invitation from H. G. Wells brings Dr. Watson face to face with a man who claims to be a time traveler from ancient Rome. The 'time traveler' wants to change history and seeks Watson's help. Skeptical, Watson dismisses him, and he vanishes in a blinding flash of light. But when the light fades, Watson and Wells make a shocking discovery.

A lovely American actress awakens in London on a cold morning in 1897 - lying face down on the concrete pavement outside the British Museum. She has no memories. She does not even know who she is, although she has a vague recollection of the name Sherlock Holmes. What she believes is that she has may have just killed someone, and that someone is definitely trying to kill her. As she searches for clues to her true identity, she will learn that she is not the only target.

Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James have become a formidable family crime-fighting team. But one murderous woman has evaded their grasp. And when they’re called to London’s Olympia Theatre to investigate the strange death of a circus clown, they quickly discover their cunning foe has struck again. Tracking the enigmatic killer through London Zoo, a fancy-dress ball, and a sinister occult organization, the erudite duo stays hot on her heels. Each time they close in, a powerful criminal mastermind intervenes, and she slips through their fingers.

At this year's Royal Ascot, the stakes have never been higher. Amy Thiel, Holmes's kidnapped ally and Gregson's sweetheart, is alive but in peril. Though she doesn’t know her captors' deadly plans, she sends a secret message to Holmes and Lucy. It’s intercepted. Desperate to find her, the Baker Street team relies on a chance remark Becky overheard weeks earlier, leading them to England's most famous racecourse. With the Royal entourage set to attend, Sherlock and Lucy suspect a sinister plot. At a pre-race meeting, they pressure reluctant authorities to tighten security. As the pomp and...

At England's favorite holiday spot, the darkest waters of Lake Windermere conceal the deadliest secrets. On the trail of their missing ally and Gregson's sweetheart, Amy Thiel, the Baker Street team learns of another missing woman. Their client for that case is a prominent investor and attorney in Windermere, so to investigate in clandestine fashion the team must don summer holiday attire and pretend to be tourists. The concealment doesn't last. Almost as soon as they arrive, Flynn is spotted by his old enemy, the Burner, and nearly killed. He escapes, but he now knows there's an assassin ...

The year is 1897. Sherlock Holmes and his lovely young American daughter Lucy James must foil a plot to destroy Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration, defeating the high-ranking traitor who has eluded them in their previous adventures. If they fail, the Queen and thousands of innocent people will die, and the British Empire will fall into chaos.

Florence Nightingale's charity gala could turn from posh to perilous. Can Sherlock and Lucy save the evening and serve up justice? London, 1902: a charity bash sponsored by none other than "The Lady with the Lamp" is the talk of the town. The gala's coming up soon at the Carlton Hotel, where the new King dines and César Ritz reigns, But when a crucial researcher is murdered, the gala's not just about gourmet dishes by Escoffier anymore – it's a recipe for disaster.

Narrated by acclaimed British actor Edward Petherbridge. On the eve of war, Sherlock Holmes is asked by the Prime Minister of England to recover a new British superweapon that has fallen into the wrong hands. But Lucy James, an actress and Holmes's recently discovered grown daughter, has inherited the family sleuthing skills and strong-willed nature. Despite her father's objections, she insists on helping him, although several horrific murders have been linked to the weapon's disappearance.

Sherlock and Lucy meet their wildest case yet. At the London Zoo, Sherlock and Lucy must discover how an enormous cobra escaped its cage and killed a rhesus monkey. Dr. Watson's old school chum is doing research on anti-venom treatments for the military. He was responsible for all the reptiles at the zoo. Unless Sherlock and Lucy can learn the truth, he'll be blamed and his career will be ruined. Then Lucy discovers the same cobra coiled in the researcher's zoo office, ready to strike. Nearby, the man who reported the death of the rhesus monkey lies dead. Watson's researcher friend is ...

Narrated by acclaimed British actor Edward Petherbridge, The Last Moriarty is set in London, 1895. On a cold November morning, a young American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to protect her from the threats of a mysterious, menacing man who has recently appeared in her life. Holmes agrees to help, even though he has just promised the Prime Minister to solve the murder of John D. Rockefeller's security agent before the incident can derail an upcoming British-American summit.

A stolen masterpiece and a deadly conspiracy. Sherlock and Lucy are called to the decaying mansion of a cash-poor British noble, where a priceless painting has gone missing. The local bank, whose very-large loan is secured by that painting, wants it found, or they'll foreclose on the estate. The nobleman and his family will be homeless. But he's besotted with a cult of aristocratic sun worshippers and can't seem to help himself. Then the bodies of two men are found inside the nobleman's home. His sister, an elderly spinster, fears that she has killed them both. The police are ready to ...

A so-called psychic could send Sherlock and Lucy to the great beyond. Lucy receives a desperate plea for help from Miss Shepperton, the spinster lady who was very nearly framed for murder in the 'Sons of Helios' affair. Miss Shepperton fears a false medium is exploiting her gullible and wealthy aunt. Lucy finds Madame Yolanda to be false indeed. But when she and Holmes travel to warn the aunt, the trusting old woman is dead. Her last visitor, who left only minutes earlier, was Madame Yolanda. At Madame Yolanda's lair, Sherlock and Lucy find what appear to be the woman's suicide notes ... ...

Milan, 1899. A desperate musical colleague smuggles an envelope to Zoe, Lucy's mother, begging her to deliver it to Sherlock Holmes. When her colleague is killed, Zoe must act quickly to avoid the same fate. She flees to London, only to find she’s been followed by Black Hand thugs determined to retrieve the envelope’s contents - a code which Holmes must decipher.

A fallen body at the Royal Observatory sends Sherlock and Lucy on a stellar quest. In the eerie pre-dawn glow of Victorian Greenwich, a young astronomer's assistant has mysteriously fallen to his death, seemingly from the sky. Black smoke and a flash of green light seen by the Astronomer Royal evoke the Martian attack from the popular novel "The War of the Worlds," and the assistant had been studying Mars. Sherlock and Lucy must take action. Lucy searches the assistant's home, but finds it plundered. Holmes learns that an anarchist bombed the observatory exactly six years ago. The ...

A struggling young Persian artist sends Flynn, one of Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street Irregulars, out to buy provisions for a celebratory dinner. But when he brings the requested groceries to the artist’s wife, her joy quickly turns to fear. Then Flynn returns to the artist’s studio, only to find that disaster has struck. Meanwhile, the National Portrait Gallery enlists the help of Sherlock Homes to investigate the mysterious theft of The Pink Lady. As Holmes sets out to recover the precious painting, he uncovers a dark web of deceit far more complex than he imagined.

Lucy James and Sherlock Holmes must solve a mysterious locked-room murder at London's exclusive Diogenes Club. But Lucy is still coping with the traumatic after-effects of their last case, and her romantic relationship with a handsome young police detective is growing more complex. Emotions intensify and the dangers become life-threatening as they find themselves drawn into lethal conflict with the most ruthless gang leader in London.

Holmes must choose between a missing sailor and an ingenious art heist. But Flynn is caught in the crossfire. When a distressed sister seeks help to find her long-lost brother, Sherlock Holmes, Lucy James, and Dr. Watson, swing into action. Even though a priceless painting has vanished from the well-guarded palace of Hampton Court, Holmes focuses the Baker Street team on the recovery of the poor woman's next of kin. Police Inspector Lestrade pleads for help with the case of the missing painting. He reveals what the newspapers suppressed: one of the palace warders was found dead at the scene...