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Auguste Lupa, reputed son of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective of all time—and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right—is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip…Don't miss this historical mystery from the *New York Times* bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series. **"It was good to have Holmes and Watson drop in on the action...There's a lot of Sherlock in his son."—***Abilene Reporter-News* **"The perfect vehicle for mystery fans who relish a good detective story.” ****—*Macon Telegraph and News* Praise for John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy novels** "Today’s best legal thriller series.”—Lee Child “Grisham and Turow remain the two best-known writers in the genre. There is, however, a third novelist at work today who deserves to be considered alongside Turow and Grisham. His name is John Lescroart.”—*Chicago Sun-Times* “Lescroart's books are high entertainment, with accurate legal and police procedures leading the action.”—*Sacramento Bee* “A gifted writer….I read him with great pleasure.”—Richard North Patterson “Blistering courtroom sequences.…the undisputed king of the legal thriller.”*—Providence Sunday Journal* “Unfolds like a classic *Law&Order*.”—*Entertainment Weekly*** ** **John Lescroart **is the *New York Times* bestselling author of numerous legal thrillers and mysteries, most of them set in contemporary San Francisco. Among his novels are* The Fall, The Keeper, The Ophelia Cut, The Hunt Club, The Second Chair, The First Law, Nothing But the Truth, and Dead Irish,* as well as two novels featuring Auguste Lupa, the reputed son of Sherlock Holmes.* ********* *From the Trade Paperback edition.* Read More