Bibliograph

Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the speckled band

Type

Label

Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the speckled band

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the speckled band

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

On the case with Holmes and Watson, #5

Summary

"In ""The Adventure of the Speckled Band"", Sherlock Holmes and Watson come to the aid of Helen Stoner, who has reason to fear her life is being threatened by her abusive stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Her sister, who died two years before, spoke of a "speckled band" right before she died in mysterious circumstances. To solve the mystery of the "speckled band", Holmes and Watson stake out Miss Stoner's room and make a momentous discovery. The eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle considered it the best of the Holmes stories

Target audience

adult

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Adventure of the speckled band

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