About the book: 2019 / Who really was Sherlock Holmes? Who is Pinkerton? Was the famous Vidocq a mythical character or a real person? Read the fascinating investigation by Daniel Kluger! It will take you to England of the 18th century, then to America of the 19th century, then to Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Bolsheviks tried to create the first all-Russian honest detective bureau. Read a detective story about a detective!