Arthur Conan Doyle's first book out

Fan dressed as Sherlock Holmes
Fan dressed as Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is no longer around to see it but his first book is at last being published. Out today it's called "The Narrative Of John Smith" and it will be interesting to see how it fares - a lot of posthumous books or books based on the works of authors long since dead have done rather nicely in the very recent past.