1888. After a disasterous Ripper investigation, Holmes sinks into a deep depression. Watson can do nothing to help his friend, but an encoded letter from the French singer, Emmeline La Victoire, rekindles the detective's interest. The singer's illegitimate son, Emil, who is 10, has disappeared, and may have been kidnapped. As Holmes and Watson travel to Paris, they discover that Emil's father, the Earl of Pellingham and a famous art collector...

While tracking a diabolical villian bent on destroying some of London's most admired public figures, Sherlock Holmes must contend with an envious Scotland Yard, a critical press and the disappearance of his brother, Mycroft

"It's Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases. The angelic three-year-old child of a wealthy couple is the target of a vicious kidnapper, and a country aristocrat worries that his handsome, favorite son has mysteriously vanished from his London pied à terre. Holmes and Watson, aided by the colorful Heffie O'Malley, slip slide in the ice to ensure a merry Christmas is had by nearly everybody..."--Provided by publisher.