Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin is a genius of Russian criminal affairs, for many years he stood at the helm of the St. Petersburg detective police and, thanks to his resourcefulness and extraordinary insight, solved the most complex crimes, for which he was called the Russian Sherlock Holmes. Based on the memoirs of Putilin, a detective writer beginning of the 20th century Roman Antropov (Kind) created a brilliant series of action-packed stories, which are included in this collection. I want to read them just because of the titles alone, such as “Egyptian Darkness”, “The Key of the Volga Sectarians”, “Robbed Mail”...