Holmes is approached by the recently widowed Lady Glendenning, who is trying to manage her late husband's London leasing business. She asks Holmes to look into a tenant who hasn't paid in three months. Holmes investigates the studio of the missing painter and finds blood spatter on the floor mixed with paint. The man specializes in portraits, preferably of good-looking ladies. It has been a particularly snowy winter, and as it melts, the painter's body is found. Although Lady Glendenning pays Holmes, he continues to pursue the case to its complex and stunning conclusion. The accomplished author has created a perfect setting in 1890s London and filled it with a Sherlock very much at the top of his game.
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