Sherlock Holmes in Arsène Lupin and The Shadows of 1847 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798243912594)

When documents begin disappearing from London's most secure institutions, Sherlock Holmes faces his most confounding adversary yet-a criminal who doesn't steal objects, but legitimacy itself.

Arsène Lupin, the notorious French master thief, has turned his attention to England with a peculiar mission: exposing the fraudulent foundations of aristocratic power. He doesn't want jewels or gold-he wants to prove that history is a lie, that legitimacy can be manufactured, and that society's most respectable fortunes rest on century-old crimes.

As Holmes and Watson pursue Lupin through a maze of false identities and theatrical performances, they uncover the "1847 network"-a web of embezzlement, forgery, and betrayal that has enriched England's elite for generations. But Lupin is always three steps ahead, orchestrating each revelation like a master conductor, until Holmes must confront an impossible question: What happens when a criminal is right? Can order and truth coexist? Must reform come through law, or through scandal? And what happens when the greatest detective in England finds himself reluctantly admiring the criminal genius he's sworn to stop?