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

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- [The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-charles-augustus-milverton.md)
- [The Adventure of the Six Napoleons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-six-napoleons.md)
- [The Adventure of the Three Students](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-three-students.md)
- [The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-golden-pince-nez.md)
- [The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-missing-three-quarter.md)
- [The Adventure of the Abbey Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-abbey-grange.md)
- [The Adventure of the Second Stain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-second-stain.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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