The New York Times > Books > The Curious Incident of the Boxes: An auction of a lost cache of Conan Doyle memorabilia may have led to the grisly grottong* garotting death of Lancelyn Green, a collector of Holmesiana.
The Grey Lady takes a look. I recall this being mentioned by none other than the eagle-eyed oldtimey at the time of the unfortunate incident with the kitchen implement.
*Thanks, Anita!
grottong? he was killed in a grotto?
or should this be garotting, or death by garotte?
I just ordered his book Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (written Hornung/edited Green) and it arrived today. It’s the TPB Penguin Classics edition — very attractive, and eminently readable. It’ll be good. And I know you’re not supposed to miss people you don’t know, but I do.