THE YELLOW FARCE. AN UNUSUAL AMERICAN WOMAN LIVING IN JAPAN MAY BE A FOREIGN AGENT AND DRAWING BRITAIN INTO WAR. Sherlock Holmes is sent by his brother, Mycroft, to Japan. The war between Russia and Japan is raging. An American diplomat has been murdered and a British one has disappeared. The wife of the British ambassador is suspected of being a Russian agent, and of having an affair with another Russian agent. Join Holmes and Watson as they travel around the world, encounter an inscrutable culture, have to solve the mystery, and maybe even save the life of the Emperor.