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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Speckled Band (SPEC) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in february 1892. This is the 10th Sherlock Holmes story. Collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ---------- Also contained in: - [21 Great Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5272353W) - [65 Great Spine Chillers](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4113986W) - [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262421W/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes) - [Bedside Book of Famous British Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12844W) - [Best of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262571W) - [Boys' Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8696809W) - [Casebook of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18193108W) - [Century of Detection](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20461540W) - [Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929956W) - [Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930075W) - [Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518175W) - [Fiction 100](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18160158W) - [Fictions](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17733654W) - [Fireside Reader](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16057038W) - [Librivox Short Story Collection 007](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24977897W) - [Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20538101W) - [Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20787319W) - [Oxford Book of Gothic Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2963651W) - [Pearson Literature: California: Reading and Language](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24540813W) - [Prentice Hall: Literature Silver](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7962755W) - [Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Reader's Companion: Silver](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24569568W) - [Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Reader's Companion: Silver Level](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24558357W) - [Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Silver Level](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16823929W) - [Quatre aventures de Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20942665W) - [Selected Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518403W) - [Sherlock Holmes: The Published Apocrypha](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518264W/Sherlock_Holmes) - [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 Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7562666W) - [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/OL1518418W) - [Treasury of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262548W) - [World of Mystery Fiction](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6798057W)

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