The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Paperback)

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The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Paperback)

In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective’s next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, killed their hero off. London spiraled into mourning — crowds sported black armbands in grief — and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin. Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle “murdered” Holmes in “The Final Problem,” he resurrected him. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained this sudden change of heart. After his death, one of his journals from the interim period  appeared to be missing, and in the decades since, never found. Or has it?

When literary researcher Harold White finds induction into the preeminent Sherlock Holmes enthusiast society, The Baker Street Irregulars, he never imagines how his life leads to the hunt for the holy grail of Holmes-ophiles: the missing diary. But when the world’s leading Doylean scholar appears murdered in his hotel room, Harold – using wisdom and methods gleaned from countless detective stories – takes up the search.