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The Speckled Band

by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of 56 short stories & 4 novels written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The Speckled Band is included in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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Helen Stoner consults Sherlock Holmes about the death of her twin sister, Julia, who died before her wedding, crying that: "it was the Speckled Band!" Holmes must investigate their mother's estate and the unpleasant Dr. Roylott, Helen's stepfather, who allows gypsies to camp on his estate and has both a cheetah and a baboon running amok in the grounds. But can Helen be believed? Is Dr Roycroft as bad as he seems? And can the specked handkerchiefs worn about the necks of the gypsies really be a coincidence?

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of this
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murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisCalcuttaCalcuttaMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisSurreySurreyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 45 pages
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