Contents and Outcomes of Holmes's Cases

The Contents and Outcomes of Holmes's Cases

A = Arrest (18)
P = Providential punishment (11)
E = Escape (7)
L = Let off by Holmes (9)

1. Secret Societies (11)

(a) American: A Study in Scarlet (P),'The Five Orange Pips' (E),'The Dancing Men' (A), The Valley of Fear (E),'Wisteria Lodge' (E),'The Red Circle' (L).
(b) European: 'The Six Napoleons' (A),'The Golden Pince-Nez' (P),'His Last Bow'(A).
(c) British (Moriarty): 'The Final Problem' (P),'The Empty House' (A).

2. Colonial or Seafaring Conspiracies (5)

The Sign of Four (A),'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' (L),'The Gloria Scott' (E),'Black Peter' (A),'The Solitary Cyclist' (A).

3. Gangs (9)

(a) Conspiratorial: 'The Engineer's Thumb' (E),'The Creek Interpreter' (E),'The Resident Patient' (E)
(b) Fool's errand: 'The Red-Headed League' (A),'The Stockbroker's Clerk' (A), 'The Three Garridebs' (A)
(c) Other: 'Lady Frances Carfax' (A),'The Mazarin Stone' (A),'The Three Gables'(L).

4. Inside Jobs (5)

(a) Espionage: 'The Naval Treaty' (L),'The Second Stain' (L),'The Bruce-Partington Plans' (A).
(b) Other: 'The Beryl Coronet' (L),'The Priory School' (L).

5. Solo villains (15)

(a) Savage squires: 'The Speckled Band' (P),'The Copper Beeches'(P),'The Reigate Squires' (A), The Hound of the Baskervilles (P), 'The Dying Detective' (A), 'The Devil's Foot' (P).
(b) Sexual jealousy: 'The Cardboard Box' (A),'The Norwood Builder' (A),'The Veiled Lodger' (L),'The Retired Colourman' (A).
(c) Thieving servants: 'The Blue Carbuncle' (L),'Silver Blaze' (P),'The Musgrave Ritual' (P).
(d) Sexual predators: 'Charles Augustus Milverton' (P),'The Illustrious Client' (P).

6. Non-criminal cases (l5)

(a) Returned lover: 'The Noble Bachelor','The Yellow Face','The Crooked Man','The Abbey Crange'.
(b) Cover-up: 'A Scandal in Bohemia','A Case of Identity','The Man with the Twisted Lip', 'The Three Students', 'The Missing Three-Quarter', 'The Blanched Soldier', 'The Sussex Vampire', 'The Creeping Man', 'Shoscombe Old Place'.
(c) Other: 'The Problem of Thor Bridge', 'The Lion's Mane'.