Sherlock Holmes has retired to the Sussex countryside . . . that is,
until a most formidable puzzle is dropped upon his doorstep by a certain
Colonel Pickering.
One Miss Eliza Doolittle, once nothing more than a cockney guttersnipe,
has been transformed into a proper lady of London--perhaps even a
duchess?--as if overnight. When Col. Pickering recovered from a bout of
malaria, he was astounded at the woman before him. Is it possible this
transformation is due to nothing more than elocution lessons and some
splendid new hats? Or has Professor Henry Higgins surreptitiously traded
one girl for another? And for God's sake, why?
As the case unfolds, Holmes and Watson find themselves in ever stranger
territory. Who are the four identical "Freddies" pursuing Miss
Doolittle? What part do the respected Dr. Jekyll and his malevolent
associate, Mr. Hyde, long thought dead, have to play in this caper? And
who the devil is the devilish Baron von Stettin?
The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle is an enthralling escapade
starring some of Victorian literature's most beloved characters--a
historical mystery that will leave you delighted, perplexed, and
positively bewildered.