Sherlock Holmes: The Vermilion Cipher - Chapter 3 "The Hidden Hand" | Classic Victorian Mystery

The Affair of the Vermilion Cipher - Chapter 3

🔍 *Sherlock Holmes: The Vermilion Cipher - Chapter 3 | The Hidden Hand*

The cipher is recovered. The villain is dead. The case is closed... or is it?

Just when Holmes and Watson believe they have solved the mystery, a desperate telegram shatters the peace of Baker Street. Someone—or something—is still hunting for the key to the vermilion cipher. A midnight burglary in Bath. Mysterious burglars who work with unsettling precision. And whispers of a shadowy figure known only as "the Professor."

Holmes's brilliant mind detects what others cannot see: loose threads in the tapestry of this affair, inconsistencies that suggest a far deeper conspiracy than anyone imagined. If Sir Henry Ashworth is dead, who sent the burglars? If the cipher is secure, why does the danger continue to escalate?

The game is far from over, and the most dangerous enemy may be the one they haven't yet seen...

⚠️ *In this chapter:*
A daring jeweler's commission with deadly purpose
The creation of an elaborate trap
Holmes's growing suspicions about the true mastermind
A race against time to protect the cipher's key
Revelations that shake Watson's understanding of the entire case

🎭 The conspiracy deepens. The stakes grow higher. And in the shadows, an unseen adversary watches and waits.

📖 *Classic Victorian detective fiction in the authentic style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*

Previously: Major Ashworth sought Holmes's help to clear his name. A midnight attack revealed the existence of the Black Lotus. Sir Henry's treachery was exposed in a deadly confrontation. But the affair is far from concluded...

Coming Next: The trap is set, danger looms, and Holmes must unmask an enemy who has remained hidden for far too long.

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