Auguste Lupa, reputed son of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective of all timeand possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own rightis 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 gripDon'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
Todays 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 classicLaw & Order.Entertainment Weekly
John Lescroartis theNew York Timesbestselling author of numerous legal thrillers and mysteries, most of them set in contemporary San Francisco. Among his novels areThe Fall,The Keeper,The Ophelia Cut,The Hunt Club, The Second Chair, The First Law, Nothing But the Truth,andDead Irish,as well as two novels featuring Auguste Lupa, the reputed son of Sherlock Holmes.
