From video game characters seeking civil rights and a cave dragon loan shark pondering an investment, to Santa Clause's Australian vacation and an enemy of Sam Spade's seeking revenge-plus visits to the Nightside and Sookie Stackhouse's hometown--"Unusual Suspects" invokes a dozen imaginative tales [...]

Lured back to America by daredevil reporter Nelly Bly to pursue the most notorious woman of the 19th century, Irene Adler uncovers along the way murderous conspiracies, a lost treasure, and the full, shocking secret of her birth.[...]