The Man with the Twisted Lip - Definition and Overview

The Man with the Twisted Lip
Author	Arthur Conan Doyle
Released	1891
Series	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Client(s)	Mrs. St. Clair
Set in	Unknown
Villain(s)	No crime actually took place

The Man with the Twisted Lip, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the sixth of the twelve Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1891.

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Synopsis

When Neville St. Clair goes missing, Holmes investigates his wife's claims that she saw him at a London window. Holmes uses the a bath sponge to solve the mystery.

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