June 1960. Thirteen people, a hotel on a small Greek island, suddenly discovered the corpse of one of the inns While the storm rages around, no one will sail off the island and no one will come to the island, including the police. However, fate among those who are stuck on the island, turns out to be Hopalong Basil - the film star of the golden age of Hollywood, who played Sherlock Holmes in fifteen films. And if you have played the famous London detective on the big screen for years and know all the stories of Conan Doyle about him by heart, it does not matter that you are not young anymore, your heyday has probably passed, new stars have replaced you, and Sherlock Holmes has been replaced by burned-out anti-heroes of the Nuars . If there is a murder , Who should investigate ,? How about you? Arturo Pérez-Reverte is a former military journalist , Famous author of brilliant historical, Military , Adventure and detective novels , Translated into 40 languages , creator of the series about Captain Diego Alatrist, Winner of the most prestigious literary awards . "Holmes's Last Affair" - his bow (let's hope, not the last) genre of classic detective, where investigation requires a cold mind, Fantasy and talent for deduction , rather than the spectacular shooting of a revolver, Fighting in the dark alleys , flashing neon signs outside the window and the indispensable bourbon in the drawer of the table . Here is the battle of minds . There will be Holmes, Watson, Professor Moriarty - it is possible that Irene Adler . And the love of books here, of course, will be, because reading remains one of the few perhaps the most important our weapon against evil, death and chaos. For the first time in Russian!