The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

When Dr. Watson visits the familiar Baker Street sitting room, a seemingly trivial conversation about Turkish baths and a pair of unusually tied boots unfolds into a puzzling case. Holmes, ever attentive to the smallest details, deduces that a recent companion has been lurking in the shadows of Watson’s routine. Their deduction leads them to a cryptic message about a “dangerous class”—a drifting, friendless woman who has vanished without a trace.

The missing figure is Lady Frances Carfax, the last heir of a once‑great aristocratic line, known for her treasured Spanish jewellery and a habit of writing home every fortnight. Her last known whereabouts point to the opulent Hotel National in Lausanne, where a sizable payment was made and communications suddenly stopped. As Holmes and Watson chase a trail of bank notes, foreign correspondents, and a mysterious check, listeners are drawn into a cross‑continental chase that blends deduction, intrigue, and the atmospheric charm of a late‑Victorian mystery.