# Douglas Maberley — The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Douglas Maberley in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Douglas, Poor Douglas, young Maberley

**First appearance:** 0005-the-adventure-of-the-three-gables

## Who they are

A young man whose death is investigated in the Three Gables case.

## Relationships

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Douglas Maberley is a client who asks Holmes to investigate a mysterious death in his family.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Douglas Maberley is a client who asks Holmes to investigate a mysterious death in his family.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Douglas Maberley is a client who asks Holmes to investigate a mysterious death in his family.

## In the story

### [The Adventure of the Three Gables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-gables)

Mrs. Maberley's son, a former attaché in Rome who died of a broken heart after a love affair; wrote a manuscript about the affair.

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