The Last Case of Holmes

June 1960. Thirteen people, a hotel on a small Greek island, a suddenly discovered corpse of one of the guests. While a storm rages around, no one will leave the island and no one will arrive on the island, including the police. However, by fate's will, among those stranded on the island is Hopalong Basil — a movie star from Hollywood's golden age, who played Sherlock Holmes in fifteen films. And if you've played the famous London detective on the big screen for years and know all of Conan Doyle's stories about him by heart, it doesn't matter that you're no longer young, your prime has probably passed, new stars have taken your place, and in place of Sherlock Holmes are the hardened anti-heroes of noir films. If a murder happens, who better to investigate it than you?
Arturo Pérez-Reverte — a former war journalist, renowned author of brilliant historical, military, adventure, and detective novels, translated into forty languages, creator of the Captain Alatriste series, holder of prestigious literary awards. «The Last Case of Holmes» — his homage (let's hope not the last) to the classic detective genre, where investigations require a cool mind, imagination, and talent for deduction, rather than flashy gunfire, fights in dark alleys, flashing neon signs outside the window, and the inevitable bourbon in the desk drawer. Here a battle of minds takes place. Here will be Holmes, Watson, Professor Moriarty — and perhaps also Irene Adler. And there will also be a love for books, of course, because reading remains one of the few — perhaps the most important — weapons we have against evil, death, and chaos.