The Adventure of the Retired Colourman [SEP] series
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes".
Plot.
Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham, Josiah Amberley, to look into his wife's disappearance. She has left with a neighbour, Dr. Ray Ernest, taking a sizeable quantity of
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5. "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" (1924)
6. "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" (1924)
7. "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (1926)
8. "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (1926)
9. "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (1926)
10. "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" (1926)
11. "The Adventure of the Veiled