{"product_id":"2026200011236-secondhand-a-three-pipe-problem","title":"A Three Pipe Problem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a celebrated television actor, famous for playing the great Sherlock Holmes, becomes convinced he truly is the master detective, the line between performance and reality begins to blur in the most dangerously compelling ways. Julian Symons' A Three Pipe Problem chronicles the misadventures of Sheridan Haynes, an actor so immersed in his role that he takes it upon himself to investigate a series of real London murders — bringing the deductive methods of Baker Street into the decidedly messier world of modern crime. The novel is a wickedly clever homage and a sharp satire all at once, threading genuine suspense through a premise rich with comic irony.\n\nSymons, one of Britain's most distinguished crime writers and a formidable critic of the genre, crafts a narrative that simultaneously celebrates and subverts the Holmesian tradition. His prose is precise and wry, and the mystery at the novel's heart is constructed with the rigorous plotting that earned him the Crime Writers' Association's Diamond Dagger. A Three Pipe Problem raises a quietly unsettling question: when a man dedicates himself entirely to the persona of the world's greatest detective, does he become more perceptive — or simply more dangerous?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161026109659,"sku":"2026200011236-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ba272567-5789-46d2-a815-66fb6184e4dd.png?v=1787189351","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011236-secondhand-a-three-pipe-problem","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}