Esli i byl v Rossiyskoy imperii svoy Sherlok Holms, to eto Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin (1830–1893) — pervyy glava peterburgskoy sysknoy policii. Zadolgo do vyhoda pervyh povestey i rasskazov Konan Doyla geniy russkogo syska praktikoval tak nazyvaemyy «deduktivnyy metod». Tak zhe kak Holms, Putilin neredko pereodevalsya: v kostyume chernorabochego ili brodyagi pronikal v samye opasnye mesta ugolovnogo...