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The Final Problem
The quarter-of-a-million-copy bestselling murder mystery inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie
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For fans of The White Lotus, Anthony Horowitz and Benjamin Stevenson, a tricksy murder mystery from the internationally bestselling authorGreece, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic island of Utakos, all guests of the only local hotel. Nothing could...
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For fans of The White Lotus, Anthony Horowitz and Benjamin Stevenson, a tricksy murder mystery from the internationally bestselling author
Greece, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic island of Utakos, all guests of the only local hotel.
Nothing could prepare them for what happens next: Edith Mander, a quiet British tourist, is found dead inside the beach cabana.
At first it appears to be a clear suicide, but Ormond Basil, an out-of-work actor best-known for playing Sherlock Holmes in his glory days, suspects foul play.
Accustomed to seeing Ormond as the greatest detective of all time on the big screen, the other guests enlist him to solve the mystery. But can he do it before the killer strikes again?
Praise for Arturo Perez-Reverte
'Gives murder a touch of class' - Observer
'Spain's most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction' - The Sunday Times
'John Le Carre meets Gabriel Garcia Márquez' - Wall Street Journal
'It's rare a novelist who can create a literary page turner. Perez-Reverte is one of those rarities' - Denver Post
'High-level intrigue and double-dealing in the tradition of Alexandre Dumas' - Los Angeles Times
Greece, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic island of Utakos, all guests of the only local hotel.
Nothing could prepare them for what happens next: Edith Mander, a quiet British tourist, is found dead inside the beach cabana.
At first it appears to be a clear suicide, but Ormond Basil, an out-of-work actor best-known for playing Sherlock Holmes in his glory days, suspects foul play.
Accustomed to seeing Ormond as the greatest detective of all time on the big screen, the other guests enlist him to solve the mystery. But can he do it before the killer strikes again?
Praise for Arturo Perez-Reverte
'Gives murder a touch of class' - Observer
'Spain's most popular, inventive writer of historical fiction' - The Sunday Times
'John Le Carre meets Gabriel Garcia Márquez' - Wall Street Journal
'It's rare a novelist who can create a literary page turner. Perez-Reverte is one of those rarities' - Denver Post
'High-level intrigue and double-dealing in the tradition of Alexandre Dumas' - Los Angeles Times
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805466178
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Arturo Perez-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. Since the publication of The Fencing Master, his first novel, Perez-Reverte has become one of Europe's bestselling authors. His books have been published in fifty countries and have sold over 27 million copies worldwide. His novel The Dumas Club was adapted into a film (The Ninth Gate) and The Siege received the 2014 CWA International Dagger.
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