The mystery from the point of view of an ordinary man who is often amazed and wowed by the deductions of Sherlock Holmes. Watson, friend and assistant of Sherlock Holmes narrates this story in the first person.

Bell who treated his patients using his skills of observation and deduction.ĭr. The character of Sherlock Holmes is based on Doyle’s professor in college, Dr. First published in 1892 in the “Strand Magazine”, Arthur Conan Doyle considered this short story his “best Holmes story” and also published this story under a different name in the US and also wrote and produced a play based on it. This story is one of the fifty six short stories written and one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s four “locked room mysteries”. The Adventure of the Speckled Band Book Review: Roylott against any investigation in his daughter’s death? Is the speckled handkerchief worn by the gypsies in any way related to Julia’s last reference to a speckled band? With Helen’s own marriage near, when the mysterious whistle and a heavy metal clang sound is heard again in the middle of the night and she has been shifted in the room where her sister died under the pretext of having repairs in her own room.Ĭan Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of Julia Stoner’s sudden death and the mystery of her last words? So, Helen is afraid and suspicious about her sister’s death just before her marriage. She is afraid of her violent step father who likes baboons and cheetah as pets and has a soft spot for the gypsies who are allowed to camp on his grounds. Julia Stoner died mysteriously and very dramatically in her r oom with the last words out of her mouth being “…it was the speckled band!”įollowing her death, now her twin, Helen Stoner is here in Baker Street to ask the help of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of the Speckled Band Summary:

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