Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, champions George Edalji, a half-Indian solicitor falsely accused of writing obscene letters and mutilating cattle. This fictionalized account of a 1903 case involves racism, prejudice, miscarriage of justice, a mid-life love affair, spiritualism, and the social mores of Victorian England. Bestseller. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.