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What is in Sherlock Holmes for today's readers?
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What is in Sherlock Holmes for today's readers?
The Sherlock Holmes stories are undoubtedly some of the best detective stories that have ever written. The books were written by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle who was also a doctor.
"The Red Headed League" was printed in 1891 and "The Speckled Band" was printed in 1892 in a magazine called The Strand Magazine which made the stories famous.
"The Red Headed League" is about a mysterious organization which Sherlock Holmes client, Mr. Wilson was working for until it was no more. Finally this strange league turns out to be simply a cover up to distract the client whilst the criminals dig a secret passage from his cellar wanting to rob gold from the Bank.
"The Speckled Band" is about a cruel stepfather who murders one of his step daughters and plans to kill the other in order that he may keep his money. Like I said he succeeds in murdering his elder stepdaughter, Julia, in a way that baffles everyone. And then when his younger stepdaughter, Helen, gets worried about everything as these same circumstances start to repeat themselves she gets in touch
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