What happened when Arthur Conan Doyle got to play Sherlock Holmes and not just write him?

Marguerite Fox joins us to talk about her new book, Conan Doyle for the Defense.

What are the best thrillers to read this summer?

My colleague Tina Jordan will be here to talk about the latest and greatest in crime, mystery,

thrillers, and general intrigue.

Plus, our critics Dwight Garner, Pearl Siggle, and Jen Sly will join us to talk about the

latest in literary criticism.

This is the Booker View Podcast from the New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Marguerite Fox joins us now.

Her new book is called Conan Doyle for the Defense, the true story of a sensational

British murder, a quest for justice, and the world's most famous detective writer, Margo

thinks, or being here.

My pleasure.

We're going to talk a bit about this book, also about your previous work for the Times,

is one of our great obituary writers, and you've only just left to focus on narrative,

nonfiction books, but we'll start with Arthur Conan Doyle.

So tell us about the story at the center of this book.

The story of the center of the book is a true crime story of murder, wrongful conviction,

and the personal investigation of the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

Just before Christmas, in 1908, in Glasgow, Scotland, a wealthy, reclusive 80-year-old woman

named Marion Gilchrist was found brutally murdered in her elegant Glasgow flat.

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