The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze

Summary

This investigation is about a famous rider called Silver blade. He disappeared and his trainer was murdered. Holmes and Watson went to Dartmoor to investigate on this case. The murder of John Straker (silver blade’s trainer) was blamed on a stable boy. Holmes did some digging and found out that the boy was drugged. Straker was actually killed by a horse when he tried to take it as a privilege but the horse panicked kicking him in the head, killing him directly. The horse then wandered and was found by the opponent of Silver blade named Silas brown and took the opportunity to take the horse. Holmes then told Silas to put back the horse. At the end, Silver blade was then brought back to the race and won it.

Characters

The characters in this story have faced many twist and turns and many confessions. The main characters, Holme, Watson and Silver blade, have played a significant and important role in this story making it interesting and engaging.

Point of view

This story is written in Omniscient third person.

Crucial Moment

When Holmes discovered how Straker died.

Why read this story

This story is and interesting story full of confessions and twists. It consists of the characters confessing and finding out shocking truths and false accusations.

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