![]() ![]() ![]() The knowledge that the public would go wild over another Sherlock Holmes novel must have also helped Conan Doyle in his decision. ![]() A time period before the incident at Reichenbach Falls. While Conan Doyle wasn’t ready to bring Holmes back to life, Conan Doyle decided that he would write a novel that happened in an earlier time period. He decided that it made no sense to create a new character when he already had one in Sherlock Holmes. However he needed a strong central character. Conan Doyle was especially interested in the tales of ghostly hounds that roamed Dartmoor.Ĭonan Doyle knew that the ghostly hound would make a good starting point for a novel. Robinson told Conan Doyle about growing up in Devon and the local legends. While the men played golf and relaxed they spoke of many things. In March of 1901 Conan Doyle vacationed in Norfolk with his friend Bertram Fletcher Robinson. His fans had to wait until 1901 to once again enjoy a novel featuring the great detective. In 1893 Sherlock Holmes met his death at Reichenbach Falls in The Adventure of the Final Problem. Holmes and Moriarty fighting over the Reichenbach Falls. ![]()
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The book won a number of awards and prizes, including the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best First Book). Her acclaimed first novel, White Teeth (2000), is a vibrant portrait of contemporary multicultural London, told through the story of three ethnically diverse families. ![]() Novelist Zadie Smith was born in North London in 1975 to an English father and a Jamaican mother. She read English at Cambridge, graduating in 1997. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, a Russian winter is the coldest of them all, and Mila soon learns the only way to escape intact is to do the impossible and thaw her captor’s heart. But it doesn’t take long for his caress to become a rough grasp muffling her screams. One with unexplained wealth, tattoos on his hands, and secrets in his eyes. She never expected to fall for a man on the way. Suffocated by the rules and unanswered questions, Mila does what she’s always wanted to. 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