Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans le Londres victorien, où le légendaire détective Sherlock Holmes et l'esprit vif du dramaturge irlandais Oscar Wilde font équipe pour résoudre des affaires hors du commun. Ensemble, ils démêlent des mystères paranormaux et affrontent des complots diaboliques qui testent leurs extraordinaires intellects. Chaque volume offre un mélange palpitant de mystère, d'horreur et d'humour, le tout dans le décor brumeux et atmosphérique de la grande ville.
Arthur Conan Doyle has just killed off Sherlock Holmes and is suddenly the most hated man in London. So when he is contacted by a medium who has foreseen her own death, he is eager to investigate. He travels to Thraxton Hall, accompanied by his good friend Oscar Wilde, where they encounter a levitating magician, a foreign Count and a family curse.
Arthur Conan Doyle is summoned to the scene of a gruesome crime. A politician has been assassinated and his attacker's body is riddled with bullets. Conan Doyle calls in his friend Oscar Wilde and they find themselves swept up in an investigation that puts the lives of their loved ones, and even the Monarch herself in peril.