Sherlock Holmes- Mystery of the speckled Band

                                                            Sherlock Holmes

                                                    Mystery of the Speckled Band

The adventure of the Speckled Band  is one of the Best selling books of a Scottish writer  Arther Conan Dolye . Dolye is a wonderful writer . The story of the Speckled Band goes like this -

A young woman named Helen Stoner consults the detective Sherlock Holmes about the suspicious death of her sister, Julia. One night, after conversing with her twin sister about her upcoming wedding day, Julia screamed and came to the hallway where Helen came out to see her, in Julia's dying words she said "it was the band, the speckled band!" Julia had been engaged to be married. Now Helen is engaged to be married. Holmes' investigation of the mother's estate reveals that its value has decreased significantly, and if both daughters had married, Dr. Roylott, Helen's ill-tempered and violent stepfather, would be left with very little, while the marriage of even one would be crippling. Therefore, the main suspicion falls on him.

It is a very interesting book . i hope all of you will read and enjoy this book...

Anne Joseph

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