James Patterson & Brian Sitts: Holmes is Missing (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
It's their toughest case yet. And their best detective is missing.
Holmes, Margaret and Poe's Brooklyn-based detective agency solves the crimes no one else can. Or they did - until Holmes decided to leave the business.

There is no time to waste as the team are called to a fresh NYPD crime scene - and tasked with looking into the disappearance of six infants.

Time is ticking as they work to unravel the mystery.

But they need Holmes.

If they're going to solve the crime of the century, first they must save their friend.

James Patterson & Brian Sitts: Holmes is Missing. Century, ISBN: 9781529922301 (January, 2025), 352 p., £20.00, eBook £7.99.

James Patterson & Brian Sitts: Holmes is Missing (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
Meet the most original and exciting team of investigators ever -- three modern detectives armed with the methods of the greatest of all time. Brilliant detective Brendan Holmes has gone missing, along with many of the most powerful people in New York. Can Margaret Marple and Augustus Poe use their legendary skills to save the A-listers' lives and, while they're at it, rescue Holmes?

Success has come quickly to Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations, a Brooklyn-based elite team of three detectives with famous names and mysterious pasts.

At two a.m., Auguste Poe, the "muscle" of the trio, speeds across the Williamsburg Bridge toward a fresh NYPD crime scene, called by Detective Helene Grey. His passenger, Margaret Marple, is the "eyes" of their operation -- a PI whose contact list is rivaled only by her keen powers of observation.

Six infants are missing.

So is the "brain" of their agency, Brendan Holmes.

When the two PIs arrive at the scene, they're confronted by a perplexing abduction case.

Poe whispers to Marple, "Of all the times to be one brain short!"

If only they could consult with the errant Holmes -- before the kidnappers strike again.

James Patterson & Brian Sitts: Holmes is Missing. A Holmes is Missing Mystery. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316569972 (January, 2025), 400 p., $30.00, eBook $14.99.