Sherlock Rec: Rigging screws, size 1 3/8 inch, galvanised by AJHall

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This was one of the first Sherlock fics I read and it's a hugely satisfying mystery, with a well-drawn OC.

Rigging screws, size 1 3/8 inch, galvanised (15250 words) by AJHall
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Disregard of small boat safety procedures; unexamined privilege; casefic
Summary:

"How's a woman supposed to prove her husband's a murderer, dammit?"

On the eve of a planned voyage to Brittany, Marjorie Jameson starts her day with no problems more pressing than forcing a boatyard to do an emergency repair to the family yacht. A chance encounter at the Cowes hi-speed ferry terminal begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder, with her charming, untrustworthy husband Julian right at the centre and Marjorie as the next intended victim.

But no-one's going to trust the word of an aging housewife whose complaints of abuse the police have previously dismissed as delusions.