The Adventures of the Speckled Band

This story is written in a suspenseful narrative form; which I consider to be standard of a detective story. In a detective story, you would expect to find a mystery that needs to be solved, clues that are used to solve that mystery, and usually a central character or group of characters that deduce answers to the mystery through the use of these clues. A good amount of detective stories involve some action as well as drama. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" includes most of the normal conventions that one would expect to find in a detective story. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are presented with the unsolved murder of Ms. Julia Stoner by her sister Ms. Helen Stoner, who now appears to be in danger. This adds more suspense because there is still a threat present and a crime to be prevented as opposed to simply a past incident being solved. The main antagonist is clear from the beginning to be Dr. Grimsby Raylott. It strays somewhat from some detective stories since the culprit is basically identified early on. Holmes and Watson can be seen throughout the story to use ever detail as a clue and deduce facts from every aspect of the event. Ultimately they are successful in solving the mystery and preventing any harm to Helen Stoner. It is similar to other detective stories that I have seen/read in this way because usually the main figure will emerge victorious. However, in other detective stories that I have seen the main character is involved in more intense and extensive action.