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The Red-Headed League

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"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefulls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this seemingly innocuous fraternal aid society. Listen and enjoy the beautiful way in which only the great Sherlock Holmes deals with the situation. (summary from Wikipedia and the reader) ---------- Also contained in: - [50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5971851W) - [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262421W) - [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18191906W) - [Alabama: Prentice Hall Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24569983W) - [Annotated Sherlock Holmes. 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518438W) - [Avventure di Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188832W) - [Best of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18195589W) - [Boys' Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8696809W) - [Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929956W) - [Eight Great Sherlock Holmes Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518171W) - [Famous Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17657231W) - [Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518175W) - [Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16344900W) - [Fourteen Great Detective Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2212257W) - [Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18200122W) - [Great Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1582988W) - [Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16480320W) - [Mejores Cuentos Policiales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14944473W) - [Modern Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2339229W/Modern_Short_Stories) - [Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15548953W) - [Prentice Hall: Literature: Gold](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7948604W) - [Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5278311W) - [Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold Level](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18165435W) - [Quatre aventures de Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20942665W) - [Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20787319W) - [Scandale en Bohême](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930215W) - [Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518403W) - [Sherlock Holmes Investigates](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518416W) - [Sherlock Holmes Mysteries](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518392W) - [Sherlock Holmes Reader](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930658W) - [Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5367202W) - [Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518361W) - [Some Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24168603W) - [Tales of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929819W) - [Tales of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518418W) - [Treasury of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262548W) - [World of Mystery Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6798057W)

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