Dale B. Martin specializes in the New Testament and Christian Origins, with a keen focus on the social and cultural history of the Greco-Roman world. His scholarship delves into themes such as slavery as a metaphor for salvation, the body within early Christianity, and the interpretation of sexuality in biblical texts. Martin analyzes how ideologies shape modern biblical scholarship, exploring issues of ancient family, gender, and ethics within religious contexts. His research illuminates the intersections of social history, religion, and interpretation in the ancient world.
Watson is in the vaults of his bank Cox & Co. looking for a gift given to him by his wife Mary, shortly after they met. While he is there, his eye inevitably falls upon his old despatch box and he spends the following hours looking through the adventures he shared with Sherlock Holmes. After much consideration, he chooses a group of cases, all of which had a profound effect on him and decides to publish them in this new volume.
As the country mourns the passing of Queen Victoria, Inspector Cornelius Armstrong finds himself wrestling with a series of complex investigations that threaten to overwhelm the City Police Force. After he is called away to attend the scene of a seemingly unconnected suicide, Armstrong finds that the tragedy actually leads to a breakthrough in his enquiries and the complexities of the previous few months start to unravel.