The Case of the Prose and Cons

A crime wave sweeps across London, one covered in glitter, blood, and paperback glue.

DI Louise Sargant is already juggling robberies, kidnappings and a vanishing French thief... when London itself glitches. Even more than normal. Orcs brawl Scots outside New Scotland Yard. Pirates bombard the Thames. Statues appear where people used to be. Somewhere in the chaos, a librarian has committed the most heinous, unthinkable crime of all: stolen books from the British Library.

It's too big a problem for the London Met alone, but help is on hand in the shape of... Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective. Help or hindrance, Louise isn't sure. However, a fictional character is preferable to dealing with The British Library Inspectorate and its militant wing, SWAP; a terrifying unit wielding words like weapons.

Because in this case, the quickest way to stop a monster isn't a bullet.