Holmes Coming

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The genius reappears, but is the twenty-first century ready for him? Dr. Amy Winslow recounts a chilling incident in foggy San Francisco, where a jogging SFPD captain is brutally attacked by a Bengal tiger that mysteriously vanishes. After failing to save the captain in her ER, Amy comforts his friend, Lt. Luis Ortega, unaware of the life-or-death mystery that will soon entwine them. The following day, while visiting a former patient in Marin County, Amy stumbles upon a hidden 1899 electrochemical laboratory. There, she encounters a wild-eyed, half-mummified man who injects himself with a substance before collapsing. After reviving him, he claims to be a Victorian master chemist and detective named Holmes, who allowed Conan Doyle to write stories based on his cases but is annoyed by the name change to Sherlock. He hibernated for a century to solve future mysteries, but Amy initially dismisses him as insane. As she uncovers the truth behind his identity, Holmes, while still brilliant, proves to be out of sync with modern times, leading to both humorous and dangerous missteps. Together with a tech-savvy street teen named Zapper, they delve into a series of bizarre murders connected to the captain’s death, orchestrated by a fiendish descendant of Holmes’ nemesis, Professor Moriarty. The story blends classic Holmes elements with humor and unexpected romance.