The first in a stylish new series, in which the worlds of Sherlock and the uncanny collide.Sherlock Holmes is dead. His body lies in a solitary grave on the Sussex Downs. But Dr. Watson survives, and is now given permission to release tales in Sherlocks black box, those cases that are, dear reader, unbelievable - for their subject matter is of the most outr and grotesque nature.Beginning with The Adventure of the Ladys Finger, Holmes and Watson discover a dark, uncanny world beyond their imagining. It starts with a victim whose flesh reacts adversely to silver and sunlight, whose blood does not thicken when exposed to oxygen. And then a Transylvanian nobleman arrives at Baker Street demanding Holmess assistance in the kidnapping of his beloved wife, Mina.But Dracula is a client like no other and Sherlock and Watson must confront - despite the wild, unbelievable notion - the existence of vampires. Told in four long-hidden cases, Sherlock, Watson and their new vampire allies must soon work together to banish a powerful enemy growing in the shadows...