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| Title: | The Adventure of the Devil's Foot | Collection: | His Last Bow |
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| Year published: | 1910 (December) | Year set in: | 1897 |
| Mystery: | What killed a woman and drove two men mad? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Murder | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | In a room, two men are found driven out of their minds while their sister is found dead beside them. | ||
- Introduction
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During a holiday in Cornwall to recuperate, Holmes is asked to investigate a strange case. A man leaves his two brothers and sister playing cards but, in the morning, the men are found insane and the woman dead. There is no clue to how this happened.
- Actual crime
- Murder
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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The deaths and madness were due to a poisonous plant which had been placed in the fire for the purpose of revenge.
- Quotations in this story (1)
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Quote "I followed you."
"I saw no one."
"That is what you may expect to see when I follow you."
- Characters in this story (2)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock 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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- Keywords
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Cornwall Cornish Horror Poldhu Mounts Tredannick Wollas Wartha Roundhay Mortimer Tregennis Owen George Brenda Richards Porter Leon Sterndale