Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in Victoriaans Londen, waar de legendarische detective Sherlock Holmes en de geestige Ierse toneelschrijver Oscar Wilde de handen ineen slaan om zaken op te lossen die het gewone overstijgen. Samen ontrafelen ze paranormale mysteries en trotseren ze duivelse complotten die hun buitengewone intellect op de proef stellen. Elke aflevering biedt een spannende mix van mysterie, horror en humor, gesitueerd tegen de nevelige, sfeervolle achtergrond van de metropool.
Arthur Conan Doyle has just killed off Sherlock Holmes and is suddenly the most hated man in London. So when he is contacted by a medium who has foreseen her own death, he is eager to investigate. He travels to Thraxton Hall, accompanied by his good friend Oscar Wilde, where they encounter a levitating magician, a foreign Count and a family curse.
Arthur Conan Doyle is summoned to the scene of a gruesome crime. A politician has been assassinated and his attacker's body is riddled with bullets. Conan Doyle calls in his friend Oscar Wilde and they find themselves swept up in an investigation that puts the lives of their loved ones, and even the Monarch herself in peril.