The Adventure of the Reigate Squire

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"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes, while recuperating in the English countryside, uncovers a murder plot involving local gentry and forged documents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction short story
adaptedAs radio drama
television episode
alternativeTitle The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle NERFINISHED
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
collectedIn book edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Colonel Hayter NERFINISHED
Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
Inspector Lestrade NERFINISHED
featuresFamily Cunningham family NERFINISHED
fictionalTimeSetting Victorian era
firstPublicationYear 1893
firstPublishedIn The Strand Magazine NERFINISHED
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasVictim William Kirwan NERFINISHED
HolmesCanonCategory short story
HolmesCompanion Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
HolmesCondition Holmes is exhausted from previous cases NERFINISHED
HolmesMethod staged fainting fit to trap the culprits
investigatedCrime murder of a coachman
keyClue torn piece of a note
language English
literaryUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
narrator Dr. John Watson NERFINISHED
originalIllustrator Sidney Paget NERFINISHED
originalMedium magazine publication
partOf Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED
plotElement Holmes recuperates in the English countryside
forged documents as key evidence
investigation of a local murder
involvement of local gentry
protagonist Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
publicationFormat serial magazine story
publicationSequenceInMemoirs one of the later stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
publisherOfFirstBookCollection George Newnes NERFINISHED
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
settingCountry England
settingRegion Surrey NERFINISHED
theme Holmes’s deductive reasoning
crime among the gentry
deception
timePeriodOfPublication late 19th century

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Reigate Squire