The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a short story published in 1911. When a wealthy, unmarried woman vanishes while traveling in Europe, Sherlock Holmes sends Watson to investigate alone. Following Lady Frances's trail from Switzerland to Germany, Watson encounters a mysterious bearded stranger, suspicious missionaries, and a series of puzzling clues. The investigation leads back to London, where Holmes discovers a sinister criminal masquerading as a religious scholar—and a coffin that may hold the key to Lady Frances's fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Title The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disappearance_of_Lady_Frances_Carfax
Credits Produced by David Brannan. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Private investigators -- England -- Fiction
Subject Detective and mystery stories
Category Text
EBook-No. 2348
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 31, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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