Garroting oneself to death by shoelace with a spoon to tighten it nicely?

Sounds like a job for Sherlock Holmes! Just because someone is paranoid doesn't mean no one is out to get him. One does wonder, as it's a particularly odd way to commit suicide.

TheStar.com - Intrigue surrounds Conan Doyle's papers, mainly in the death of the scholar obsessed with the collection's fate.