Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey

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Title Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey

Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey
Author August Derleth
Cover artist Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Series Solar Pons
Genre(s) Detective fiction novel
Publisher Mycroft & Moran
Released 1968
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 131 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by The Casebook of Solar Pons
Followed by The Chronicles of Solar Pons

Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey is a detective fiction novel by author August Derleth. It was released in 1968 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 3,493 copies. The novel is part of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the eighth Solar Pons book published by Mycroft & Moran.

[edit] Plot summary

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The book concerns the an investigation into the death of Jonas Failie, who was murdered while on a railway trip so consult Solar Pons. In order to solve the mystery, Pons and his companion, Dr. Lyndon Parker, travel to Scotland and then to a remote area on the coast of Wales.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Reprints

  • Los Angeles: Pinnacle, 1976.

[edit] References

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  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 845. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 183. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 153. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.