简介英语版

简介英语版
简介英语版

简介英语版
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson are called down to Boscombe Valley to investigate the death of Mr.Charles McCarthy.Lestrade,a detective from Scotland Yard whose meagre abilities are often upstaged by Holmes's brilliant deductions,has concluded without much ado that it is a murder,and that McCarthy's son James is the killer.James was seen by one witness following his father to the nearby pond,and another,a young girl,saw the two remonstrating with each other by the pond.
The strongly intuitive mind of Holmes refuses to accept the easy conclusion derived from too obvious and blatant clues.The nature of the crime seems to him to be quite complicated than what is apparent; as he declares paradoxically that it is “one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult”.A host of mysteries boggle the minds of the readers,such as the motive for Mr.McCarthy’s visit to the pond,his being followed by his son with a gun under his arm,the son’s report of the strange “cooee” call in the woods,the altercation between the father and son and the son’s refusal to reveal the reason and nature of the dispute,the disappearance of a grey coat which vanish mysteriously as the son squats near his dying father,Mr.McCarthy’s dying reference to “a rat”.As the narrative progresses the neighbour,Mr.Turner’s daughter is also involved into the perplexing entangle of the unfortunate murder.She happens to be the second person besides Holmes himself who believes in the innocence if young McCarthy.
Holmes’ thorough rummage around the crime scene near the pond reveal interesting set of footprints from which Holmes deduce that the perpetrator of the heinous murder is a tall and lame man smoking Indian cigar.The description narrows down closely to the culprit but dramatically before Holmes’ hands lay upon him,he visits Holmes to make a confession.The story ends on a rather dramatic note making the young McCarthy walk free and the culprit meeting his natural death after a couple of months of the admission of his misdeed.A moral standpoint is given to the culprit saving him from turning into a reckless criminal before the readers.