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| Title: | A Case of Identity | Collection: | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1891 (September) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | How did the man disappear from a cab and why? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Deception | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A woman's fiancé disappears from a cab while on the way to their wedding. | ||
- Introduction
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A woman, who gives most of her income, to her parents, meets a man and they become engaged. They meet before making their way to their wedding, the man climbing into a separate cab. When they arrive at the church, the man's cab is empty.
- Actual crime
- Deception
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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The fiancé was actually the woman's stepfather in disguise. His aim was to prevent her marrying anyone else and taking her income away with her.
- Quotations in this story (1)
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Quote "...All this is amusing, though rather elementary..."
- Characters in this story (5)
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Surname First name Title Angel Hosmer Holmes Sherlock Sutherland Mary Miss Watson John Doctor Windibank James
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
- Other notes
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- Keywords
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Mary Sutherland Hosmer Angel James Windibank disappear Leadenhall