Sherlock Holmes in Cape May

Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Washington D.C. As they have finished a discrete mission for the British Government , they are preparing to leave. Before they can do so, they receive a request for help from Emlen Physick, a wealthy doctor and prominent citizen of the resort town of Cape May, New Jersey. A man known for his kindness and bravery, a Quaker, has been brutally murdered. Before he died, the victim left a cryptic clue. Holmes and Watson learn that Cape May was the scene of many incidents in the War Between the States, including some in which the murder victim had played a role.