This episode, we welcome to the podcast journalist and author Andrew Finkel to talk about his debut novel The Adventure of the Second Wife (2024), a multi-layered mystery in which an avid Sherlockian investigate a missing Sherlock Holmes story…
About Andrew
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Andrew Finkel |
The Adventure
of the Second Wife (Even
Keel Press, 2024)
Strange that Abdülhamid II, the last great Ottoman Sultan, would have Sherlock Holmes stories read to him before he went to sleep. Even stranger is that his obsession helped change the course of history.
The explanation
lies in the mystery of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s dying words, that the one
Sherlock adventure still to intrigue him was that of ‘The Second Wife’. For no
such story exists… Or does it?
The Adventure of
the Second Wife is the
debut novel of renowned journalist Andrew Finkel – a clever, compelling mystery
about a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast who with the help of a brilliant Turkish
professor, tries to solve the enigma of Arthur Conan Doyle’s dying words only
to upend his life in the process.
Purchase from Cornucopia
Press here.
Other works by Andrew
Finkel
Turkey: What
Everyone Needs to Know
(2012)
And honourable
mention to Andrew’s wife, Caroline, who is the author of the hugely successful
and entertaining Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire (2007).
Next time on Doings of Doyle
We head back into Gothic territory with ‘The Man from
Archangel’ (1885), claimed to be one of Conan Doyle’s favourite stories. You
can read the story here.
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Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod
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