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In this locked-room mystery set in 1960, a washed-up actor puts his on-camera detective skills to the test when a suspicious death shatters the quiet peace for a group of strangers staying at an isolated Greek island resort. Perfect for fans of Knives Out, Benjamin Stevenson, and Anthony Horowitz. "Perfect. . . Like taking a warm bath in the best of the Golden Age."― Janice Hallett June, 1960. Rough weather at sea leaves a group of strangers stranded on the idyllic Greek 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 a beach cabana. What appears at first glance to be a clear suicide reveals possible signs of foul play to Ormond Basil, an out-of-work but still well-known actor who in his glory days portrayed the most celebrated detective of all time. Accustomed to seeing him display Sherlock Holmes' amazing powers of deduction on the big screen, the other guests believe that the actor is the best equipped to uncover the truth. But when a second body is discovered, there is not a doubt in Basil's mind: a murderer walks among them. What's more, the killer is staging each crime as a performance, leaving complex clues that bear an eerie resemblance to those found in the pages of Conan Doyle stories. This is a criminal who knows every trick in the book and is playing a deadly literary game. As the storm rages, Basil must become the genius detective he has only pretended to be. This clever, whip-smart, locked-room mystery from internationally bestselling author Arturo Pérez-Reverte is a love letter to golden-age detective novels. The Final Problem delights in exploring the tension between an investigator and his suspects, as well as a writer and his reader, delivering a revelatory twist that will shock even the sharpest of mystery fans.

About the Author :
Arturo Pérez-Reverte was born in Cartagena, Spain, in 1951. He was a war correspondent for twenty-one years and covered eighteen armed conflicts for newspapers and television. With more than twenty-seven million books sold worldwide, translated into forty languages, many of his works have been made into films and television. Today, he devotes his life to literature and to sailing. He is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

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"One of the best crime novels I've read in years. An elegant and engrossing puzzle. Murder mystery bliss."--Kelly Mullen, author of This Is Not a Game And further praise for the novels of Arturo Perez-Reverte: "John Le Carre meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez...Pérez-Reverte has a huge following...and it's spreading."--The Wall Street Journal "The Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four...pale in comparison with Pérez-Reverte novels."--Time Out New York "A heart-stopping narrative...It's a rare novelist who can create a literary page-turner. Pérez-Reverte is one of those rarities."--The Denver Post "High-level intrigue and double-dealing in the tradition of Alexandre Dumas."--Los Angeles Times "The Final Problem is a brilliantly devised meta-mystery, a concoction of old Hollywood glamour with a high-body-count murder mystery. A true delight right up to its clever final reveal."--Peter Swanson, author of Eight Perfect Murders "The perfect murder mystery to transport you to another time: 1960, another place: an idyllic Greek Island, and a brand-new amateur sleuth in Ormond Basil, a 'resting' actor who once played Sherlock Holmes on screen, a role that means everyone expects him to solve a baffling murder... This is a fresh new classic that fans of the genre will LOVE. Like taking a warm bath in the best of the Golden Age!"--Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780316594349
  • Publisher: Mulholland Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Mulholland Books
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0316594342
  • Publisher Date: 10 Feb 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 159 mm


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