"Tell me, Watson, do you feel a tightness, a NUMBNESS inside you when you observe the snakes at the zoo? That’s how I feel when I see Milverton. I have encountered more than fifty murderers in my life, but he is the WORST of them all."

In his attempt to save a woman's marriage, Holmes is forced to come face to face with one of his worst enemies: Charles Augustus Milverton. This despicable scoundrel holds in his hands the secrets of London’s rich and powerful and threatens to...