John Openshaw

Dr. John Watson Openshaw is a young gentleman whose life is upended by a peculiar and sinister threat he barely understands. His uncle Joseph Openshaw and cousin Elias died under circumstances that seemed accidental at the time, but the appearance of cryptic letters containing orange pips suggests something far more deliberate and malevolent. Desperate and frightened, Dr. John Watson seeks Sherlock Holmes's counsel, hoping the detective can unravel the mystery before the threat claims him as well. He is intelligent and observant enough to recognize that something is terribly wrong, yet powerless to stop the inexorable chain of events that has been set in motion against his family. Sherlock Holmes finds in Dr. John Watson's plight a case of remarkable and startling features, though the true nature of the danger and its origins defy complete explanation, leaving the matter haunted by unanswered questions.