Holmes receives a potentially lethal package, the first strand in the tangled skein, which he will need to unravel before this new adventure is resolved.
The tangled skein arises from Mary's love for the Robert d'Esclade, fifth Duke of Wessex, said to be the people's choice as King Consort.
Now it is up to Solveig to restore her brother's good name and her family's honor, picking apart the truth about the past from the falsehoods and rumors like a tangled skein of yarn.
Reproduction of the original: The Tangled Skein by Baroness Orczy
The Tangled Skein
In The Tangled Skein, Baroness Orczy does not paint Queen Mary nearly so black as she is usually portrayed.