Sherlock holmes and the Mystery of the Boscombe Pool

This story is about Sherlock Holmes, a famous detective, Dr. Watson and a new case which they have to solve.

One day Dr. Watson gets a letter from Sherlock Holmes to come to West-England, because they have to find the murderer of Mc Carthy. Everybody thinks that the murderer is Mc Carthy`s son James, because he had a conflict with his dad at the Boscombe Pool. The facts are clear to Scotland Yard. But Miss Turner, the girlfriend of James Mc Carthy, wants Sherlock Holmes to find the true murderer, because she saw them at the Boscombe Pool. Holmes works from the point of view that James is innocent. But the police has taken James to prison. Holmes works carefully and he listens to everyone`s story. Suddenly Holmes finds out the true story!

Miss Turner's father lived once in Australia. There he was a bad criminal. He met Mc Carthy at a fight. Mr Turner and his daughter went to England and began a new life. But one day Mc Carthy followed them to extort him. Mc Carthy wanted James and Miss Turner to marry. Mr Turner was against the marriage, because he thought James would take all his money. So Mr Turner killed Mc Carthy. Mr Turner tells Sherlock Holmes the true story, but he is very ill and dies before he comes to prison. So James comes out of prison and he can finally marry Miss Turner.

Arthur Conan Coyle was born in 1859 in Scotland. He was one of seven children. After he finished schools, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University. He died in 1930 at the age of 71.

Written by Lisa Veres