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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, first we have our spoiler-free review of The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-Reverte — an updated yet Golden Age styled, locked room murder mystery set on a Greek island in 1960, starring an aging actor forever shadowed by his most famous role: playing Sherlock Holmes on screen. From there, we head into Unearthed, where we look at the real man behind that shadow — actor Basil Rathbone, and his true story of heroism as a WWI intelligence officer. Then it's...

This week on The Book & The Vibe, we head into Dark Age Britain with a spoiler-free review of Lancelot by Giles Kristian, a gritty Arthurian historical fiction retelling set around the fifth century. We’ll talk shield walls, vanished Rome, old gods, Christianity, romance, betrayal, and why this version of Lancelot feels more like The Last Kingdom TV show - complete with a conflicted warrior in the making fighting battles in the mud - and less like a polished knight of Camelot. In Unearthed, we trace the evolution of the King Arthur legend, and specifically how Lancelot entered the story in the first place. Then in The Tavern, I’m serving up five 5-star books I’m considering re-reading and then reviewing for the show. And in today’s Note from the Road, we talk about the funny ways television and travel can merge into vacation core memories.