The Beryl Coronet
Complete textA banker entrusted with a valuable coronet discovers it damaged and finds his son in circumstances that seem to explain the crime. Distraught over both the missing jewels and his family's honor, he brings Holmes a case in which apparent guilt is unusually close to home.
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The investigation separates what the father directly observed from the story he constructed around it. Footprints, household access, and concealed loyalties give material form to that distinction. Watson's account keeps the family pressure visible, so solving the puzzle also requires understanding why people might refuse to explain behavior that condemns them.
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Follow a jewel mystery where family certainty and apparent evidence must be reconsidered through small physical details and unspoken loyalties.
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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.
Opening excerpt
“Holmes,” said I as I stood one morning in our bow-window looking down the street, “here is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.”
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