The Adventure of the Second Wife

Part One
THE FIRST WIFE

Exhibit ‘A’
The Sultan’s Gaoler 10

Chapter 1
The Arrival of Leyla Arslan
Chapter 2
The Mystery
Chapter 3
My Legacy to Anandita
Chapter 4
2WIF
Chapter 5
I Buy a Ticket
Chapter 6
The Honeymooners
Chapter 7
More Toby than Mycroft
Chapter 8
Uncle Fred
Chapter 9
Estağfurullah

Exhibit ‘B’
‘The Adventure of the Second Wife’
The introduction attributed to A. Conan Doyle

Part Two
ELLE

Chapter 10
Grandfather Esad
Chapter 11
The Mystery of the Centre Forward
Chapter 12
The Death of Elle
Chapter 13
The Damat
Chapter 14
The Mosque of the Holy Mantle
Chapter 15
The Capricious Bladder of Adile Sultan
Chapter 16
Leyla Pays for Lunch

‘The Adventure of the Second Wife’
– attributed to A. Conan Doyle translated by Leyla Arslan

Part Three
CONSTANTINOPLE IN LONDON

Chapter 17
The Adventure of the Polka-Dotted Cummerbund
Chapter 18
The Theatre of Life
Chapter 19
Pumpkin Curry
Chapter 20
Royal Blood

Part Four
‘The power of complexity and the complexity of power’

Chapter 21
The Tale of the Sultan’s Gaoler
Chapter 22
The Purloined Letter
Chapter 23
Our Grandfathers Meet
Chapter 24
An Early Morning in the Abode of Felicity
The Adventure of the Second Wife’ – attributed to A. Conan Doyle
Chapter 25
‘The Tragedy of Proud Love’

Part Five
THE SECOND WIFE

Chapter 26
The Bushwacking Sentries of Bhurtee
Chapter 27
The Deadliest Sin
Chapter 28
The Game Was Afoot
Chapter 29
The Earth Moves

Part Six
‘AND YET I THINK OF YOU’
Chapter 30
A Ghost
Chapter 31
The Loreley
Chapter 32
The Rescue from the Inferno
Chapter 33
Aqua Tofana
Chapter 34
The Smile
Chapter 35
The Rotten Molar
Chapter 36
The Bearers of the Sultan’s Commission
Chapter 37
An Incident Hard to Reconcile with the Settled Order of Nature
Chapter 38
A Final Destination
Chapter 39
Snake
Chapter 40
The (Final) Tale of the Sultan’s Gaoler

Acknowledgements