How did Sherlock Holmes come into possession of a true Stradivarius? Who was the one true love of the great detective's life? And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy? As Holmes's great friend, Dr. Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the love of his life from a mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap.

In this extraordinary novel, Sena Jeter Naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Ahab's Wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fog-enshrouded world of Sherlock Holmes and the steadfast Watson, and fashions a wholly original tale. Thrilling and touching, atmospheric and haunting, Sherlock in Love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature.