Brain and Francine devise the perfect plan to get even with Muffy after she bribes the judges at the science fair. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Just in time for the holidays, a second volume of all-new mysteries featuring the most popular detective of all from the pens of today's greatest mystery authors: Anne Perry, Peter Lovesey, Loren D. Estleman, Bill Crider, Carolyn Wheat, Daniel Stashower, Edward Hoch, Tanith Lee, Jon Breen, L.B. Greenwood, and Barbara Paul. "Clever plotting and superior imitations of Watson's narrative voice makes this an above average anthology of new Sherlockian adventures." (Boston Herald) "Each tale glows with Victorian warmth in this new round of adventures...a fitting sequel to the first such collection."
Twenty-seven years ago, Clara Marshall and her two young children simply disappeared. Her husband claimed that she was having an affair and had taken the kids and left him. The police suspected him of murder. Everyone seemed to suspect him. But without a body or any hard evidence, he could never be formally charged But now that might change. Parts of an unidentified skeleton have been fished out of the sea, and Detective Inspector Karen Meadows believes this may finally be the break they need to reopen the cold case, But so many questions remain. Would justice be done at long last? Would there be enough evidence to prove the Case? And where are the children?
