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| Title: | The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton | Collection: | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1904 (March) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | No mystery | ||
| Apparent crime: | Blackmail | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A woman is being blackmailed and Holmes intervenes to help her. | ||
- Introduction
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A woman is being blackmailed by a professional blackmailer, Charles Milverton. Holmes tries to persuade him to stop but, when her refuses, Holmes decides to break into his house and steal the documents.
- Actual crime
- Blackmail
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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While Holmes and Watson are hiding in Milverton's house, a woman that had previously been blackmailed by the latter arrives and shoots him. Homes burns all the threatening documents and flees.
- Quotations in this story (0)
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Quote There are no quotes for this story
- Characters in this story (4)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Lestrade Inspector Milverton Charles Augustus Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
- Other notes
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This is similar to "A Scandal in Bohemia" where Holmes tries to recover something use to blackmail another. There is no mystery to solve here, just an attempt to recover a document.
- Keywords
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Charles Augustus Milverton Appledore Towers Hampstead Lady Blackwell Earl Dovercourt Agatha Lestrade