Miss Cox and the Adventure (...)

It all begins with the scent of a predator and the unshakable feeling that the true danger wears a human face. In the shadowy heart of Victorian London, where propriety cloaks secrets and danger wears a gentleman’s face, Drusilla Cox lives a double life: ostensibly a maid in the chaotic household of Sherlock Holmes, but in truth something far more elusive and far more dangerous. When Holmes receives an unsettling visit from a veiled young woman convinced she will share her sister’s fatal fate, he dispatches Drusilla to the crumbling estate of Stoke Moran, where grief, greed and something monstrous intertwine. Helen Stoner claims her sister died mysteriously, whispering of a “striped band” before succumbing to violent convulsions. Now Helen fears she is next. But as Drusilla, maid, shapeshifter and reluctant sleuth, digs deeper into the secrets of Stoke Moran, she uncovers a chilling web of deception. One that might cost her more than her cover. Darkly humorous, fiercely feminist and wickedly sharp, Miss Cox and the Adventure of the Striped Band reinvents a classic mystery with a supernatural twist. If you've ever wanted to see a snake-woman outwit both monsters and men, this is the tale you've been waiting for.