The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

A 1910 Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Dr. Watson. Recalling the "Cornish Horror," Watson tells how Holmes, resting in Cornwall, investigates a case in which a woman is found dead and her two brothers driven mad with no visible cause.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic mystery and detective stories›Detective novels and casebooks›Sherlock Holmes and his rivals, 1887 to 1913

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