# The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

- [A Scandal in Bohemia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/a-scandal-in-bohemia.md): Sherlock Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a compromising photograph from Irene Adler, a former lover. Holmes employs elaborate disguises and a staged street fire to discover the photograph's hiding plac
- [A Scandal in Bohemia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/i.md): Dr. Watson, now married and in private practice, visits his old friend Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street after a long absence. Holmes demonstrates his powers of observation by deducing details of Watson's recent activ
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/ii.md): Holmes, disguised as a disreputable groom, investigates Briony Lodge and learns of Irene Adler's routine and her frequent visitor, Godfrey Norton. That evening, Holmes and Watson stage a street brawl and a false fire ala
- [A Scandal in Bohemia: Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/iii.md): Holmes, Watson, and the King of Bohemia return to Briony Lodge, only to discover Irene Adler has fled the country with her new husband, Godfrey Norton. She leaves behind a letter for Holmes, revealing she saw through his
- [The Redheaded League](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-redheaded-league.md): Dr. Watson visits Sherlock Holmes and finds him with a new client, the redheaded pawnbroker Jabez Wilson. Wilson recounts the bizarre story of how he was hired by the 'Redheaded League' for a well-paid, nominal job copyi
- [A Case of Identity](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/a-case-of-identity.md): Holmes and Watson discuss the strangeness of real life versus fiction. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Miss Mary Sutherland, who seeks help regarding her missing fiancé, Hosmer Angel. Holmes deduces t
- [The Boscombe Valley Mystery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-boscombe-valley-mystery.md): Holmes summons Watson to assist with the murder investigation of Charles McCarthy in Boscombe Valley. Holmes explains the background of the two Australian expatriate families, the McCarthys and the Turners. At the crime 
- [The Five Orange Pips](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-five-orange-pips.md): On a stormy September night in 1887, a young man named John Openshaw arrives at 221B Baker Street in a state of great anxiety. He recounts a terrifying family history: his uncle Elias, a former Confederate colonel who re
- [The Man with the Twisted Lip](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-man-with-the-twisted-lip.md): Dr. Watson is summoned late at night by Kate Whitney, who is distraught over her opium-addicted husband Isa's two-day absence at an opium den called the Bar of Gold. Watson agrees to retrieve him. At the den, he is shock
- [The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-blue-carbuncle.md): Watson visits Holmes after Christmas to find him examining a battered hat, the first clue in a seemingly trivial case. Holmes recounts how his commissionaire, Peterson, acquired the hat and a Christmas goose after a stre
- [The Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-speckled-band.md): Dr. Watson recounts a tragic case from the early days of his partnership with Sherlock Holmes. A terrified young woman, Helen Stoner, arrives at Baker Street seeking help, fearing for her life after the mysterious death 
- [The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-engineer-s-thumb.md): Dr. Watson recounts a case he brought to Sherlock Holmes. A young hydraulic engineer, Victor Hatherley, arrives at Watson's home early one morning with a severed thumb. He tells Holmes and Watson a harrowing tale: he was
- [The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-noble-bachelor.md): Watson recounts the case of Lord St. Simon's vanished bride. Holmes receives a letter from the noble client, and Inspector Lestrade arrives, having dragged the Serpentine for the body, finding only the bride's waterlogge
- [The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-beryl-coronet.md): A frantic Alexander Holder, a prominent banker, arrives at 221B Baker Street. He reveals that he was entrusted with a priceless beryl coronet as security for a loan. During the night, he discovered his son, Arthur, holdi
- [The Adventure of the Copper Beeches](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-copper-beeches.md): Holmes and Watson discuss the nature of Watson's case write-ups, debating sensationalism versus pure logic. Holmes laments the decline of interesting cases, citing a trivial-seeming letter from a governess, Violet Hunter

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