"Life in Baker Street is not all Nell Hudson thought it would be. Financially the household is struggling, and in the masculine world of police work, Nell finds herself pushed aside. She takes a job as a department store detective to make ends meet, yet though she is successful, none of the men in her life take her seriously. Sherlock himself is busy investigating a missing prisoner--but when Emmett Stanley is found it turns out to be not an escape, but an abduction. And he is in no state to tell anyone what happened. Then trouble strikes closer to home. Military secrets are being leaked, and Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes is under suspicion. When Sherlock tries to help a rift opens between them, and its consequences threaten Nell and Sherlock's relationship. In the midst of it all, an opportunity beckons for Nell--but to take it she must leave everything behind and live a life completely alien to her. Will Nell dare to step out of Sherlock Holmes's shadow?"--Back cover.