A Three-Pipe Problem Explained

A Three-Pipe Problem
Author:Julian Symons
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Genre:Detective
Publisher:Collins Crime Club
Release Date:1975
Media Type:Print
Pages:223
Followed By:The Kentish Manor Murders

A Three-Pipe Problem is a 1975 mystery detective novel by the British writer Julian Symons.[1] [2] A pastiche of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, it takes place in the present day. The title refers to a line spoken in The Red-Headed League, referring to a particularly tricky problem that will take Holmes the time it takes to smoke three pipes to solve. It was followed by a sequel The Kentish Manor Murders.

Synopsis

Overbearing and reactionary actor Sheridan Haynes has a fascination with Sherlock Holmes, and is cast to play him in a new television series. Overidentifying with the role he sets out to investigate three murders that Scotland Yard have failed to solve.

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Notes and References

  1. Caserio p.217
  2. Bargainnier p.220