Russian Sherlock Holmes: The Criminal World of Tsarist Russia. Forty Years Among Robbers and Murderers (set of 2 books)

The detective stories of the two most famous detectives of the Russian Empire — Ivan Putilin and Arkady Koshko. Ivan Putilin. Forty Years Among Robbers and Murderers The first head of the St. Petersburg detective police, Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin (1830-1893), became a symbol of Russian investigation. He could identify a murderer by the smallest clues and bring a case to a conclusion, even when it reached a dead end. In his memoirs, Putilin refers to interesting and shocking cases from his work experience. The book includes 22 detective stories, co-authored with the journalist M. Shevlyakov, as well as "A Sketch of Some Types of Theft in St. Petersburg." The collection is preceded by an article by Anatoly Koni (1844-1927) – prosecutor and judicial orator of the Russian Empire. Arkady Koshko. The Criminal World of Tsarist Russia Before you are the memoirs of the head of the Moscow detective police from 1908 to 1917, a criminologist and "Russian Sherlock Holmes" - Arkady Frantsevich Koshko. Vivid portraits of criminals, gripping stories and mysterious incidents based on real cases will not leave you indifferent. This book includes all three parts of the famous detective's stories.