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| Title: | The Adventure of the Priory School | Collection: | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1904 (January) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | Why did a boy leave his school in the night and where is he? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Abduction and murder | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A boy at a boarding school and a teacher disappear in the middle of the night and cannot be found. | ||
- Introduction
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The son of Duke of Holdernesse disappears from his boarding school in the middle of the night along with a German schoolmaster. No trace of either person can be found.
- Actual crime
- Abduction and murder
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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The boy had been kidnapped by the Duke's illegitimate son who hoped to persuade the Duke to make him the heir.
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- Characters in this story (2)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (2)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London Priory School Near Mackleton Derbyshire (?)
- Other notes
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- Keywords
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Thorneycroft Huxtable Mackleton Duke Holdernesse Arthur Saltire Priory School James Wilder Heidegger Dunlop Palmer tyres cattle horseshoe Reuben Hayes Fighting Cock