In 1893, Otto Big Red Amlingmeyer and his brother Gustav, Old Red find themselves in a situation that they never expected. They have a bit of money and time to do something other than scramble. Its enough to confound even that most unconfoundable of men, their mutual inspiration, Sherlock Holmes. So Old Red decides that its time for the for the two of them to head off to the Texas hill country, to San Marcos, and deal with the greatest tragedy of Old Reds life. Five years ago, when Old Red was a cowpoke in San Marcos, he had a sweetheart—a fallen woman at the local house of ill repute. They had made plans but before they made their big move, his fiancée was murdered and the case swept under the rug by the local authorities. Now, Old Red is determined to find out what really happened and to finally find a measure of justice for his beloved.
