The Adventure of the Second Stain

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"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction work
short story
adaptedAs radio drama
television episode
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
centralPlotElement missing diplomatic letter
conflictType threat to international peace
containsPlotPoint murder of Eduardo Lucas
recovery of the stolen letter
search of Lucas’s house
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Eduardo Lucas NERFINISHED
Inspector Lestrade NERFINISHED
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope NERFINISHED
Lord Holdhurst NERFINISHED
Mycroft Holmes NERFINISHED
Trelawney Hope NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAlternativeVersion earlier version in The Strand Magazine (1904)
hasLaterVersion revised text in The Return of Sherlock Holmes collection
HolmesClient Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope NERFINISHED
Trelawney Hope NERFINISHED
HolmesMethod analysis of footprints and physical clues
deductive reasoning
use of newspaper reports
includesLocation 221B Baker Street NERFINISHED
Downing Street NERFINISHED
Eduardo Lucas’s house in Godolphin Street
investigationType blackmail case
language English
literaryCanonStatus part of the Sherlock Holmes canon
mainCharacter Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
partOfCollection The Return of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1904
radioAdaptationProducer BBC NERFINISHED
seriesOrderInCollection 13
setting London, England
surface form: London
settingPeriod late 19th century
televisionAdaptation Granada Television Sherlock Holmes series NERFINISHED
theme international diplomacy
marital trust and secrecy
political intrigue

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Inspector Lestrade appearsIn The Adventure of the Second Stain
Mrs. Hudson appearsInWork The Adventure of the Second Stain
The Return of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Second Stain