The Bombazine Box

Siân Watson has broken the first rule of shared lodgings: never fall in love with your flatmate.

Sherlyn Holmes, the World’s Only Consulting Detective, can deduce your entire life from the color of your hat. And lately, she’s been moody, cranky, and keeping her distance from Siân. Clearly, she has observed Siân’s feelings and does not return them. To ease the sting of rejection, Siân reconnects with her old friend, Maude Stamford, and meets the other women medical students who board with Stamford at Cushing House. 

When Holmes discovers Siân, Stamford, and the other boarders are learning to play the traditional Indian game of Pachisi, she feels excluded—from Siân’s new friends as well as her own Indian heritage. At Siân’s encouragement, Holmes learns Pachisi, and the game not only draws her into the social whirl of Cushing House, but also deepens her relationships with her brother, her parents, Mrs. Hudson, and Siân herself. 

But when Cushing House receives a series of increasingly sinister boxes wrapped in black bombazine, a fabric associated with death and mourning, it threatens to destroy their newfound community. As the packages turn ever more horrifying and the attacks hit ever closer to home, Holmes fights her growing affection for everyone involved in the case, especially Siân. She knows firsthand the risks of involving her heart in matters of the mind.

While she and Siân strive to uncover not just who is terrorizing the women of Cushing House, but why, an even larger question looms: is love really a crack in a high-powered lens, or is it the only thing that can bring Holmes’ work, and her life, finally into focus?

Publisher - Coedwig Books

Language - English

Case Bound - Cloth

Contributors

By author

Meredith Rose

Published Date - 2026-06-01

ISBN - 9781957239088

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm

Page Count - 380