The Final Problem: The quarter-of-a-million-copy bestselling murder mystery inspired by Sherlock Holmes...

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte

The Final Problem

Name: The Final Problem
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ISBN: 9781805466178

The quarter-of-a-million-copy bestselling murder mystery inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Agatha...

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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Atlantic Books
17 February 2026

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime; Historical mysteries; Fiction in translation

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

By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781805466178
ISBN 10: 1805466178
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 17 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.

Reviews for The Final Problem: The quarter-of-a-million-copy bestselling murder mystery inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie

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 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 KILL YOUR DARLINGS 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 A true feast for anyone who has ever enjoyed reading a detective novel * La Vanguardia * A canonical suspense novel, one that demands to be read without pause, becomes a tribute to fiction, a profoundly Cervantine book that places us at the crossroads where reality and invention intersect * El Espagnol *