The Red-Headed League - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Synopsis

Another great one from Conan Doyle. Holmes is engaged initially by a pawnbroker. He's upset by the loss of a well-paying, part-time job. One that doesn't require many hours and, when it does require work, doesn't interfere with his busiest times at the pawn shop. To Sherlock Holmes, it could be much more than it appears. The beginning of a larger mystery? Using minute details of the smaller one, he works to solve the more serious one. "Depend upon it," said Holmes to Watson in "A Case of Identity." "There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.