S.holmes &the Theatre Of Death (LIN)

On the evening of 9th May 1911, a fire broke out backstage at the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh. The Great Lafayette - a spectacular illusionist - and eight of his performers were consumed by the flames, and as death shrouded the theatre so a pall of mystery also surrounded the horrible events. Sherlock Holmes was called in to investigate what soon turns out to be yet another baffling case. Who and what had started the fire? Had it merely been a dreadful accident?