It Is 1919, And While The World Celebrates The Signing Of The Treaty Of Versailles, Holmes And Watson Are Called To A Grisly Discovery. A Severed Hand Has Been Found On The Bank Of The Thames, A Hand Belonging To A Soldier Who Supposedly Died In The Trenches Two Years Previously. But The Hand Is Fresh, And Shows Signs That It Was Recently Amputated. So How Has It Ended Up Back In London Two Years After Its Owner Was Killed In France? Warned By Sherlock's Brother Mycroft To Cease Their Investigation, And Only Barely Surviving An Attack By A Superhuman Creature, Holmes And Watson Begin To Suspect A Conspiracy At The Very Heart Of The British Government -- Provided By Publisher. This supernatural twist on the classic detective series sees Sherlock Holmes and Watson encounter a grisly discovery, a giant monster, and a deadly conspiracy It’s 1919. While the world celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a strange crime scene. A severed hand has been found on the bank of the Thames—a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches two years previously. But the hand is fresh and shows signs that it was recently amputated . . . So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed in France? Warned by Sherlock’s brother Mycroft to cease their investigation, and only barely surviving an attack by a superhuman creature, Holmes and Watson begin to suspect a conspiracy at the very heart of the British government. London, 1919. While the world awaits the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a singular mystery. A severed hand has been found on the banks of the Thames, a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches two years previously. But the hand is fresh, and show signs that it was recently amputated. So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed? The mystery puts Homes and Watson on the trail of a descent of Victor Frankenstein, via a terrifying genetic disease, government-sanctioned grave-robbing and an encounter with a... creature. London, 1919. While the world celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a singular mystery. A severed hand has been found on the banks of the Thames, a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches. But the hand is fresh, and show signs that it was recently amputated. So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed?