Behold !
I am bringing you a masterpiece featuring :
💭 a walk down memory lane
👬 friendship
⏱️ a race against time
💢 a domineering father
🏳️🌈 queer folks
💗 hope
Yes, I am talking about The Lost Cases, The Private Diary of John Watson, The Vanishing Heiress by Sage Boscombe.
This novella is the 3rd chapter in a serie featuring John Watson & Sherlock Holmes, with a focus on their personal relationship.
In case you didn't know, let me be clear : they are in love! With each other! In a very gay way!
(Just tought I would clear that up)
Now, onto the story :
➡️ Sherlock and John find themselves *cough* interrupted *wink* with a message from a rich man whose daughter has been missing for a month, and who desperately needs their help finding her and bringing her back.
He's not a sympathetic man, his temper seems to flare up quite easily, and he's clearly not used to not getting his way.
But he is obviously very distraught by his daughter's disappearance, and the police are of no help. So our favorite duo decides to investigate the matter.
They end up going to Barts, Watson's old university, to interview a good friend of the missing young woman, who might or might not know what happened to her.
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In the previous chapters, I was enchanted by the silliness, cuteness, and romantic aspects of John & Sherlock's story.
And those are still there ! Very much so !
The scene involving Mrs Hudson (you'll know wich one when you read it), in particular, has me roaring with laughter every time I re-read it !
The "aaaaaww" dimension is also very much present on several occasions.
⚠️ The reason I'm explaining all this is to make sure you keep that in mind as you move on with the rest of my comment, because it's not all sweet and roses.
I have to say, very rarely have I read a story that gut-wrenching, and yet hopefull & wholesome at the same time.
Here we start seeing more concretely what it meant at that time to be qu33r in London. And while it would have been easy to focus it all on misery, despair, or ostracism, the author beautifully showed hope, resilience, solidarity, and acceptance.
Not only is it very well-written, it's also a lovely continuation of the previous chapters, absolutely believable in terms of characters' development, & a great way to explore these 2 sweet men's universe some more.
Thank you so much, Sage Boscombe, for creating these precious stories 💙
I can never recomend these novellas enough.
Please consider giving them a go!
The Lost Cases The Private Diary of Dr. John Watson: Chapter Three: The Case of the Vanishing Heiress (The Lost Cases: The Private Diary of
