Palo Alto, CA: Perseverance Press , (2004.). First edition - In 1903, widow Charlotte Dodson, housekeeper at a manor in a small Sussex village which has been leased by a mysterious stranger, finds herself in the midst of sinister events involving an escapee from Dartmoor Prison, tales of a vampire on the loose and a fabulous jewel called the Orb of Kezir. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes, her young son, and her own powers of observation,the resourceful Charlotte untangles this complex web. 259 pp.