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| Title: | The Adventure of the Illustrious Client | Collection: | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1924 (November) | Year set in: | 1902 |
| Mystery: | How to stop a woman marrying someone who plans to harm her. | ||
| Apparent crime: | Deception | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A woman falls in love with a notorious criminal. Holmes is asked to convince her to leave him. | ||
- Introduction
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A rich woman, Violet de Merville, is seduced by a notorious criminal, Baron Gruber. Her friends and family try to get her to break off their engagement but he has told her of his past misdemeanours so she can't be persuaded to leave. A close friend asks Holmes to find some way to convince her.
- Actual crime
- Deception
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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Holmes steals the Baron's diary which held details of all his love "conquests". This convinces de Merville to leave him.
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- Characters in this story (3)
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Surname First name Title Gruber Adelbert Baron Holmes Sherlock Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
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- Keywords
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James Damery Carlton Club Baron Adelbert Gruner Violet Merville Shinwell Porky Johnson Kitty Winter Leslie Oakshott Chinese pottery Hill Barton acid vitriol diary