The Patient's Eyes by David Pirie

In ten words or less: Dr. Doyle asks mentor Joseph Bell to help solve crimes.

Review: When he was a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied with the famous forensic pioneer, Dr. Joseph Bell. It is widely believed that Sherlock Holmes was modeled on Bell, an innovator in the science of criminal investigation. In this thriller, the new Dr. Doyle asks his former professor for assistance in the case of Heather Grace, an attractive young woman whose parents died tragically a few years prior.
The tale combines elements of some of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries--a phantom cyclist, the murder of a rich Spanish businessman, a young woman with an inheritance that relatives and a fiance seem eager to prevent her from claiming.

Why bother? Casting Doyle and Bell in the roles of Watson and Holmes offers a fresh look at the crimes and violence of Victorian England. Author Pirie was a journalist, critic, and screen writer before he wrote "The Patient's Eyes," his first novel.