Saint Peter's Confession

By Alistair Croft

Rome, 1891.

In the shadow of St. Peter's Basilica, a sacred painting has been quietly replaced-its absence unnoticed, its significance unknown.

Summoned into the heart of the Vatican, Sherlock Holmes is confronted with a mystery that is not merely criminal, but deeply historical. Behind the missing artwork lies a hidden document-one that may alter the understanding of faith, power, and the fragile balance upon which institutions are built.

As Holmes navigates a world of guarded archives, silent corridors, and carefully controlled access, he encounters figures who speak in half-truths and act with concealed intent. In Rome, nothing is freely given-every answer must be earned.

Holmes is drawn into a web of secrecy that stretches beyond the Vatican walls. And as the truth begins to surface, it becomes increasingly unclear whether it is meant to be revealed at all.

Saint Peter's Confession is the second volume in The Secret Letters series-a new Sherlock Holmes mystery where history, belief, and deception converge, and where the greatest danger may lie not in what is hidden, but in what is uncovered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GX744GRC
• ISBN13: 9798233582141
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Henrik Kruse
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"