# 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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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

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- [The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-sussex-vampire.md)
- [The Adventure of the Three Garridebs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-garridebs.md)
- [The Problem of Thor Bridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-problem-of-thor-bridge.md)
- [The Adventure of the Creeping Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-creeping-man.md)
- [The Adventure of the Lion's Mane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-lion-s-mane.md)
- [The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-veiled-lodger.md)
- [The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-shoscombe-old-place.md)
- [The Adventure of the Retired Colourman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-retired-colourman.md)

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