The Isolated Séance

What happens to Sherlock Holmes’s street urchins, the Baker Street Irregulars, when they outgrow their usefulness? Timothy Badger follows in the footsteps of his mentor and becomes a consulting detective. As much as Badger tries, he only occasionally stumbles on a clue, so he partners with Benjamin Watson, a Black man who has turned his hand to a little of everything. They’re desperate for a successful case when Holmes sends Thomas Brent to them. Brent was valet to Horace Quinn until the night Quinn held a séance in his house. The oil lamp went out, and by the time Brent found a light, Quinn was dead with a knife in his chest. It’s a tough case for the duo as they’re followed by a determined woman reporter and trace a suspect to a Travellers’ camp; while investigating, Badger ends up in jail and has to be bailed out by Holmes.