# The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes — Chapters explained

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

- [The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-casebook-of-sherlock-holmes.md): A collection of later Sherlock Holmes adventures, including cases of blackmail, murder, and the supernatural, showcasing Holmes's deductive prowess in his retirement years.
- [The Adventure of the Illustrious Client](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-illustrious-client.md): Holmes and Watson are consulted by Sir James Damery to prevent the marriage of Baron Adelbert Gruner, a dangerous Austrian murderer, to Miss Violet de Merville. Despite Gruner's charm and the lady's stubborn devotion, Ho
- [The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-blanched-soldier.md): Holmes recounts a case from January 1903, after Watson's marriage, when he is visited by James M. Dodd, a veteran of the Boer War. Dodd seeks his friend Godfrey Emsworth, who vanished after being wounded in the war. Dodd
- [The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-mazarin-stone.md): Dr. Watson visits Baker Street and finds Holmes deeply engaged in the case of the stolen Crown diamond, the Mazarin Stone. Holmes has been in disguise, tracking Count Sylvius, the prime suspect. Using a wax dummy to dece
- [The Adventure of the Three Gables](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-gables.md): Holmes and Watson are visited by the menacing Steve Dixie, a thug sent to intimidate Holmes away from a case in Harrow Weald. Undeterred, Holmes investigates the strange occurrences at Three Gables, the home of Mrs. Mabe
- [The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-sussex-vampire.md): Holmes and Watson investigate a case referred by a tea broker's solicitors, involving Robert Ferguson's wife who is suspected of vampirism after being found with blood on her lips near her infant child. Holmes uncovers t
- [The Adventure of the Three Garridebs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-garridebs.md): Holmes and Watson are drawn into a peculiar case involving a search for men named Garrideb, based on a will that promises a fortune to three adult males sharing the surname. The investigation leads to a confrontation wit
- [The Problem of Thor Bridge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-problem-of-thor-bridge.md): Holmes takes on the case of Neil Gibson, a wealthy financier whose wife has been murdered. All evidence points to the governess, Grace Dunbar, who had a motive and was found with a revolver. Holmes, however, suspects dee
- [The Adventure of the Creeping Man](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-creeping-man.md): Holmes and Watson investigate the strange behavior of Professor Presbury, a renowned physiologist whose devoted wolfhound, Roy, has twice attacked him. The professor's assistant, Trevor Bennett, reports that Presbury has
- [The Adventure of the Lion's Mane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-lion-s-mane.md): After retiring to his Sussex home, Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious death of Fitzroy McPherson, a science master at a nearby coaching establishment. McPherson dies on the beach after uttering the cryptic phras
- [The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-veiled-lodger.md): Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton, visits Sherlock Holmes to discuss her mysterious lodger, Mrs. Ronder, who has lived in seclusion for seven years, always veiled due to a terribly mutilated face. Mrs. Ronder,
- [The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-shoscombe-old-place.md): Sir Robert Norberton, desperate to win the Derby with his horse Shoscombe Prince, hides the death of his sister Lady Beatrice to prevent creditors from seizing his estate. He enlists the help of an actor and his wife to 
- [The Adventure of the Retired Colourman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-retired-colourman.md): Holmes and Watson investigate the case of Josiah Amberley, a retired paint manufacturer whose young wife has run off with a chess-playing doctor, taking his life savings. Holmes suspects foul play and uncovers that Amber

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