Book: Union Red

My friend was passionately fond of music; he was not only a very capable performer, but also an outstanding composer.

His amazing character was made up of two principles. I often came to him that he was stunning in its accuracy of insight was born in the struggle with the poetic Muse, which formed the main trait of that person. He constantly went from utter relaxation to extraordinary energy. I was well aware of how mindless peace he was given in the evening, his improvisations and music. But suddenly the hunting passion has overwhelmed him, his usual brilliant power of thinking rose to a degree of intuition, and people unfamiliar with his method, he started to think that before them no man, but some supernatural being.

The study of London is a passion of mine...

We spy in the enemy camp.

Just an ordinary, colourless crimes to solve most difficult, just as difficult to track down the man with mediocre facial features.

The General rule is, - said Holmes, - the weirder the case, the less it is mysterious.

The wildest imagination can't imagine those extraordinary and unusual cases, which are found in everyday life.