The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“Holmes,” said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, “here is a madman coming along.” ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A great short story were the clues allow the reader to infer the solution at the same speed as Sherlock Holmes.

A banker asks Holmes to investigate after a "Beryl Coronet". This was entrusted but ends up getting damaged at his home. Awakened by noise, he had found his son, Arthur, holding the damaged coronet. Arthur refuses to speak, neither admitting guilt nor explaining himself. Footprints in the snow outside the house tell Holmes that the banker's niece had conspired to steal the coronet. Arthur had discovered the crime in progress. The coronet got damaged during his struggle to prevent it. He had refused to tell his father the truth of the crime because of his love for his cousin.

Recommend to those who appreciate a well crafted mystery.