An Italian scholar seeks Sherlock Holmes's help with an ancient parchment linked to a terrifying secret guarded by Marco Polo and Ibn Batuta. Holmes fakes his death and, with Watson, travels undercover to Venice and then the Sahara. Pursued by Moriarty, they face murder, intrigue, and surprises in Timbuktu.

Dr. John H. Watson receives a strange letter from Yokohama. Then the quiet, distinguished Mr. Hashimoto is murdered inside a closed room on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay. In the opium dens of Shanghai and in the back alleys of Tokyo, sinister men hatch evil plots. Professor Moriarty stalks the world, drawing up a map for worldwide dominion. Only one man can outwit the diabolical Professor Moriarty. Only one man can save the world. Has Sherlock Holmes survived the Reichenbach Falls?

In this classic tale, Arsene Lupin comes up against the only man who may be able to stop him...no less than the great British gentleman-detective Herlock Sholmes! Who will emerge triumphant?

A woman’s body is found on a cobblestoned street and it looks like the handiwork of the notorious killer who stalked Whitechapel a decade before. But Sherlock Holmes caught Jack the Ripper once—and he can do it again...

“The pace is swift, right from the first page to the thrilling finale.” —Sherlockian Times