A Study in Sherlock: Scarlet Fever by John Robert Christopher - Thriller - Under the eccentric trappings we know & love, Sherlock Holmes is actually a woman, disguised to pass in the man's world of Victorian England. Desperate for a life of peace and quiet, shell-shock victim John Watson is caught up in a world of mystery and mayhem when a series of murders expose their connection to Professor Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes's secret past. Using the famous persona to hide from Moriarty’s assassins, Sherlock is determined to thwart Moriarty's political ambitions and put an end to his slave-trading empire. 104 pages - pdf, format 8)