America at the beginning of the 20th century. Refined society, high-society intrigues, crimes in high places. And only one person can unravel the most tangled intrigue and expose the most terrible murder—the famous detective Nick Carter.
He was called America’s Sherlock Holmes. Readers demanded more of his adventures by flooding publishing houses with letters. And they were never disappointed…
“Who’s the author?” enthusiastic readers asked. This question remains a mystery to this day, sealed with seven seals. There is a version that the author was also named Nick Carter and, just like his hero, he was a detective. Probably, the brilliant detective wrote… about himself! Which means that all the gruesome crimes described in his novels are not the fruit of fiction—but real stories. And we are about to find out how it was a century ago…