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Arturo Perez-Reverte

The Final Problem Paperback By Arturo Perez-Reverte

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Released: 12th February 2026. A charming murder mystery from the internationally bestselling author for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, as well as classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie _______________ 'The perfect murder mystery' JANICE HALLETT, author of The Appeal 'A true delight right up to its clever final reveal' PETER SWANSON, author of Kill Your Darlings 'One of the best crime novels I've read in years!' KELLY MULLEN, author of This is Not a Game _______________ To catch a killer, one must act the part. Arriving on the Greek island of Utakos, ageing actor Ormond Basil hopes only for a holiday and perhaps finally to shed the mantle of his most famous role: world-renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. But when a body turns up in his hotel, the other guests, accustomed to seeing Ormond as the greatest detective of all time on the silver screen, pressure him to solve the mystery. Yet even with Ormond's encyclopaedic knowledge of plots and killers, this case turns out to be anything but elementary... ___________________ Praise for Arturo Pérez-Reverte 'Gives murder a touch of class' Observer 'Spain's most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction' The Sunday Times 'A sophisticated and exciting intellectual game' Daily Telegraph 'To read him is to rediscover the delights of Dumas and Conan Doyle' The Times 'It's rare a novelist who can create a literary page turner. Pérez-Reverte is one of those rarities' Denver Post 320 Pages

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    Released:
    12th February 2026
    Format:
    Book
    Barcode:
    9781805466178
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    A charming murder mystery from the internationally bestselling author for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, as well as classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie
    _______________

    'The perfect murder mystery' JANICE HALLETT, author of The Appeal
    'A true delight right up to its clever final reveal' PETER SWANSON, author of Kill Your Darlings
    'One of the best crime novels I've read in years!' KELLY MULLEN, author of This is Not a Game
    _______________

    To catch a killer, one must act the part.

    Arriving on the Greek island of Utakos, ageing actor Ormond Basil hopes only for a holiday and perhaps finally to shed the mantle of his most famous role: world-renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.

    But when a body turns up in his hotel, the other guests, accustomed to seeing Ormond as the greatest detective of all time on the silver screen, pressure him to solve the mystery.

    Yet even with Ormond's encyclopaedic knowledge of plots and killers, this case turns out to be anything but elementary...
    ___________________

    Praise for Arturo Pérez-Reverte

    'Gives murder a touch of class' Observer
    'Spain's most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction' The Sunday Times
    'A sophisticated and exciting intellectual game' Daily Telegraph
    'To read him is to rediscover the delights of Dumas and Conan Doyle' The Times
    'It's rare a novelist who can create a literary page turner. Pérez-Reverte is one of those rarities' Denver Post

    320 Pages
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