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| Title: | The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter | Collection: | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1893 (September) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | Who was the Greek man held captive in a house? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Abduction and murder. | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A Greek interpreter is taken with threats of force to translate for a captive man. | ||
- Introduction
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Through his brother Mycroft Holmes learns of a Greek interpreter who was engaged, with threats of violence, to translate for a Greek man who was being held prisoner.
- Actual crime
- Abduction and murder.
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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The Greek man is the brother of a woman who became engaged to an Englishman. The latter was holding his prisoner to force him to sign over the woman's fortune.
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- Characters in this story (5)
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Surname First name Title Gregson Tobias Inspector Holmes Mycroft Holmes Sherlock Melas Mr 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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Holmes introduces his brother Mycroft and also tells something of his ancestry.
- Keywords
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Mycroft Diogenes Club Melas Greek Greece Harold Latimer Paul Sophy Kratides Myrtles Beckenham Davenport Wilson Kemp