First published 2018
Sherlock Holmes confronts his most despicable adversary yet: Charles Augustus Milverton, a ruthless blackmailer who destroys lives for profit. Milverton holds compromising letters that could ruin a young lady's engagement and reputation. When the blackmailer demands an impossible sum, Holmes and Watson must resort to extraordinary measures. The detective finds himself breaking his own moral code as he infiltrates Milverton's world through deception and burglary. The case takes a deadly turn when the hunters become the hunted, and Holmes witnesses a shocking act of vengeance. This bilingual edition presents Arthur Conan Doyle's gripping tale in both Russian and English, allowing readers to experience the master detective's methods while learning vocabulary and grammar through context rather than rote memorization.
Genres: 20th-century, adventure, mystery, crime, detective, 19th-century
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, infiltration
Setting: Russia
Period: 19th-century
190 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: violence