About the book: 1904 / Milverton - the king of all blackmailers. Having taken possession of someone's secret, he squeezes the victim dry with a smiling face and a heart of stone. He is ready to pay very high sums for letters compromising people of wealth or position, and receives this goods from lackeys, maids and other scoundrels. He ruined several noble families. He will keep a card in reserve for several years in order to use it at the moment when the stakes in the game are the highest. The worst man in London, he is not afraid of his victims, who do not dare parry his blows. Lady Eve Brackwell gets Holmes a juicy case, and Sherlock is forced to fight the king of blackmail.