# The Return of Sherlock Holmes — Chapters explained

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

- [The Adventure of the Empty House](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-empty-house.md): Holmes reveals to Watson that he survived the Reichenbach Fall by using baritsu to escape Moriarty, then hid for three years to allow his enemies to expose themselves. He returns to London and sets a trap using a wax bus
- [The Adventure of the Norwood Builder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-norwood-builder.md): Holmes and Watson, having reunited at Baker Street, are visited by a frantic young solicitor, John Hector McFarlane, who fears arrest for the murder of builder Jonas Oldacre. The newspaper reports Oldacre's disappearance
- [The Adventure of the Dancing Men](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-dancing-men.md): Holmes demonstrates his deductive reasoning by revealing Watson's thoughts about South African securities. He then receives a visit from Mr. Hilton Cubitt, who presents a mysterious paper covered with dancing stick figur
- [The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-solitary-cyclist.md): Miss Violet Smith, a young music teacher, seeks Holmes's help after being followed by a bearded cyclist while cycling to and from Farnham. She works for Mr. Carruthers and is engaged to Cyril Morton. The case involves th
- [The Adventure of Black Peter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-black-peter.md): In the year 1895, Sherlock Holmes investigates the brutal murder of Captain Peter Carey, known as Black Peter, who was found pinned to the wall of his cabin with a harpoon. With the help of Inspector Stanley Hopkins and 
- [The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-charles-augustus-milverton.md): Holmes and Watson take on the case of Lady Eva Blackwell, who is being blackmailed by the notorious Charles Augustus Milverton. After failed negotiations, Holmes and Watson break into Milverton's house to retrieve the in
- [The Adventure of the Six Napoleons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-six-napoleons.md): Inspector Lestrade visits Holmes and Watson to discuss a series of bizarre burglaries where plaster busts of Napoleon are smashed. The trail leads to a murder at the home of journalist Horace Harker. Holmes deduces that 
- [The Adventure of the Three Students](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-students.md): Holmes and Watson are staying in a university town when a tutor, Hilton Soames, seeks their help to avoid a scandal. The proofs for a scholarship exam have been tampered with, and three students are suspects. Through car
- [The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-golden-pince-nez.md): On a stormy November night, Inspector Stanley Hopkins arrives at 221B Baker Street to consult Holmes about a perplexing murder case at Yoxley Old Place. The victim is young Willoughby Smith, secretary to the reclusive Pr
- [The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-missing-three-quarter.md): On a gloomy February morning, Sherlock Holmes receives a frantic telegram from Cyril Overton, a Cambridge athlete, about the disappearance of Godfrey Staunton, the star three-quarter rugby player. Overton explains that S
- [The Adventure of the Abbey Grange](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-abbey-grange.md): Holmes and Watson are summoned by Inspector Stanley Hopkins to the Abbey Grange in Kent, where Sir Eustace Brackenstall has been found murdered. Lady Brackenstall recounts a story of a burglary by the Randall gang, but H
- [The Adventure of the Second Stain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-second-stain.md): Holmes and Watson are visited by the Prime Minister and the Secretary for European Affairs, Trelawney Hope, who report the theft of a highly sensitive letter from a foreign potentate. The document's disappearance could l
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md): This chapter presents a list of illustrations that appear in the book, including depictions of the dancing men cipher, maps, and other visual evidence from various cases.

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