The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes · Character
Sam Merton
A boxer and accomplice to Count Sylvius.
minor
Also known as Sam Merton the boxer, Sam
First appearance: The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Sam Merton's tie to Sherlock Holmes is one of the pressures that moves The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The Count's accomplice, described as a 'great big silly bullheaded gudgeon' waiting outside.
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- Rivalry
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Character groups
- Mazarin Stone criminals
- Protagonist
- Holmes's inner circle
- Shoscombe Old Place suspects
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Sam Merton is an accomplice to Count Sylvius and an antagonist whom Holmes helps capture. How this plays out →
- Sherlock Holmes
rivalry · negative
Sam Merton is an accomplice to Count Sylvius and an antagonist whom Holmes helps capture. How this plays out →
- Sherlock Holmes
rivalry · negative
Sam Merton is an accomplice to Count Sylvius and an antagonist whom Holmes helps capture. How this plays out →
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