The Adventure of the Speckled Band

In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes resolves the mystery of Julia Stoner's death by discovering that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, used a trained swamp adder, referred to...

In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," the central conflict revolves around Helen Stoner's fear that her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott, intends to murder her, as he did her...

In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes deduces that Dr. Roylott used a poisonous snake to murder Julia Stoner and attempted to do the same to Helen. Holmes discovers key evidence,...

In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Holmes reflects on the dangers of reasoning from insufficient data when he initially suspects the gypsies' involvement in Julia's death. This conclusion...