Sherlockian.Net: The Second Stain
Basic information
Abbreviation
(J. F. Christ, 1947): SECO
Word length
(C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 9,737
First published:
Strand Magazine
, December 1904;
Collier's Weekly
, January 28, 1905
Text available on-line
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Links of interest
Crime scene by Thomas F. Hanratty
"How Many Stains Make Two?"
Stain Removal Guide for Fabrics
Redmond's Delicate Question
Haven't we already had most of this story -- Obserstein and his spy-vs.-spy colleagues in "The Bruce-Partington Plans", the stolen document in "The Naval Treaty", the blackmail victim in "Charles Augustus Milverton", and so on? Why, then, is this story the best of the lot? Or is it really?
"The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud
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