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"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefulls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this seemingly innocuous fraternal aid society. Listen and enjoy the beautiful way in which only the great Sherlock Holmes deals with the situation. (summary from Wikipedia and the reader)
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“There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red Headed League
Told from the perspective of Dr. Watson, this had a little less dialogue than previous short stories. The story involves Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker. He consults Holmes about a job he gained only because of his red hair. The job took him away from his shop for a short period each afternoon. It involves him copying the Encyclopaedia Britannica - strange. After eight weeks this comes to an end rather abruptly. Holmes visits the pawnbroker's shop and his interest is peaked. Of course, he decides to investigate. Watson and Holmes hide in a bank vault. They catch two thieves, who had dug a tunnel from the shop during the hours that Wilson was out each afternoon. Case solved!
Easy to read and finish in a sitting over a cup of tea.