church

At 221B Baker Street, Holmes was busied with his violin. The sweet notes spiraled into the quiet room, punctuating the silence. My attention was turned to a cloud-filled sky when an urgent knock brought us back to reality. Mrs. Hudson introduced a flustered gentleman, Mr. Thomas Bentley, clutching a small, faded portrait of a woman.

Scobie, an honest police commissioner, found himself deeply entangled in the paradoxes of human nature and morality. His journey through Sierra Leone during the dark time of World War II was nothing less than a struggle with his soul. His loyalty to his wife Louise had been challenged time and again. Yet, it was the innocent innocence of Helen, a young widow who managed to touch a part of him he didn't know existed.