[DeepL Translation - needs review]
June 1960.
A storm keeps nine people staying at the small local hotel isolated on the idyllic island of Utakos, off Corfu. Nothing foreshadows what is about to happen: Edith Mander, a discreet English tourist, is found dead in the beach pavilion. What appears to be a suicide reveals clues imperceptible to anyone but Hopalong Basil, a decadent actor who once played the most famous detective of all time on the screen. No one like him, accustomed to applying ...
Imagine a typical Agatha Christie setting, a small island cut off by a storm, a sparsely populated tourist hotel, a murder, but instead of Poirot all that you have is the man used to portray Sherlock Holmes in the movies, Basil Rathbone.
I'd suggest hitting the amazon es link above and reading the short excerpt they have there as it gives a very good example of the tone and humor of the book. If you dig that, go for it; if you shrug, maybe not. I found it very funny.
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