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A review by basicquartz
The Musgrave Ritual - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0
Characters: Holmes, Watson, Musgrave, the intelligent butler and maid
Plot: Sherlock recounts to Watson a case from his youth, when, upon the disappearance of 2 of his household staff (the butler and a maid), Musgrave turns to an old college friend for help.
The Musgrave ritual, a treasure hunt of sorts, leads Sherlock to the butler’s body in a pit in the cellar, thus deducing that, having been engaged by the butler to help shift the trapdoor, the maid left the butler trapped in the chamber.
Opinion: These short stories are relatively simple to solve- the solution was predictable, which is perhaps a good thing. I enjoyed the frame narrative, however I found some of the geographical technicalities of the estate too confusing to visualise
Plot: Sherlock recounts to Watson a case from his youth, when, upon the disappearance of 2 of his household staff (the butler and a maid), Musgrave turns to an old college friend for help.
The Musgrave ritual, a treasure hunt of sorts, leads Sherlock to the butler’s body in a pit in the cellar, thus deducing that, having been engaged by the butler to help shift the trapdoor, the maid left the butler trapped in the chamber.
Opinion: These short stories are relatively simple to solve- the solution was predictable, which is perhaps a good thing. I enjoyed the frame narrative, however I found some of the geographical technicalities of the estate too confusing to visualise