How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stardivarius? 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 Holme´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 in Love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature.