Announcing The Last and Highest Court of Appeal!

Announcing The Last and Highest Court of Appeal!

 

MX Publishing is publishing my latest book on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Last and Highest Court of Appeal: The Dramatizations of the George Edalji Case and the Detective Work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  It’s a mixture of true crime and entertainment criticism: a case where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fought to clear the name of a man convicted of unsettling crimes, and challenged the nation’s government and criminal justice system; and the multiple adaptations of the story.  It’ll be released in November!

 

Here’s the book’s description!

 

It's a true crime story for the ages. 

George Edalji, a half-Parsee solicitor was convicted of shocking acts of brutality.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the acclaimed writer, decided to act like Sherlock Holmes and clear Edalji's name. 

For decades, this compelling case has intrigued authors, who have fictionalized the story for entertainment, but every adaptation has obscured some of the facts. 

The dramatizations and novelization of the Edalji case are studied here, revealing long-overlooked truths.

 

The Kickstarter for the book will open in September.  Keep alert for updates, please!

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

 

Chris Chan’s history of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Absolute Justice, was published on March 10^th!   His flash fiction collection 156 Homicides will be published soon! His book Sherlock Poems retells the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon in verse.  He is also the author of the CWA Dagger Long Listed The Autistic Sleuth, written with the professional guidance of his mother Dr. Patricia Meyer Chan, and he has also written the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony-nominated book on the Columbo killers, Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers! He is the author of the Funderburke and Kaiming novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History, released by Level Best Books.  He is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock’s Secretary and Nessie’s Nemesis, published by MX Publishing, as was his anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 1 & 2.  His Agatha-nominated book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter was published by Level Best Books.  His first non-fiction book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.