# Beppo — The Return of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Beppo in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** this Beppo

**First appearance:** 0007-the-adventure-of-the-six-napoleons

## Snapshot

An Italian street performer whose knife-work and taste for plaster busts of Napoleon link a series of petty thefts to something far more sinister.

## Who they are

Beppo is a small, dark figure moving through London's Italian quarter, known for his quick hands and quicker temper. His vandalism of cheap Napoleon busts looks like the work of a madman until Holmes notices the pattern behind the broken plaster. He is the human thread that ties a string of apparently trivial crimes into a single design, and his capture opens the door to a larger conspiracy.

## Relationships

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

_rivalry_

Beppo is a criminal suspect whom Holmes pursues and ultimately exposes.

### [Sir Eustace Brackenstall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_eustace_brackenstall)

_rivalry_

Beppo is implicated in the murder of Sir Eustace, acting as an accomplice or perpetrator.

### [James Wilder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/james_wilder)

_professional_

Beppo and James Wilder are criminal associates working together in a scheme.

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

_rivalry_

Beppo is a criminal suspect whom Holmes pursues and ultimately exposes.

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

_rivalry_

Beppo is a criminal suspect whom Holmes pursues and ultimately exposes.

### [James Wilder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/james_wilder)

_professional_

Beppo and James Wilder are criminal associates working together in a scheme.

## In the story

### [The Adventure of the Six Napoleons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-six-napoleons)

Italian sculptor and ne'er-do-well, arrested for the burglaries and later identified as the murderer.

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