Der Club der Rothaarigen

Sherlock Holmes Chronicles #55

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Als Dr. Watson die vertrauten Räume in der Baker Street betritt, befindet sich sein Freund Sherlock Holmes in einem Gespräch mit einem neuen Klienten. Und es ist eine wirklich sonderbare Geschichte, die Jabez Wilson zu erzählen weiß. Die Geschichte vom Club der Rothaarigen.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Mystery Thriller, Detective, British Literature

1 pages, Audiobook

Published August 10, 2018

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Melissa Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first introduction to a Sherlock Holmes short story. I read it out loud to my children 8 and 10. Both of my boys enjoyed the story.

In this short story, a red-headed man by the name of Mr. Wilson has sought the advice of Sherlock Holmes in a strange situation that has befallen him. Mr. Wilson was employed by a Mr. Duncan Ross, to copy from an Encyclopedia for 4 pounds a week. After several weeks of nominal work, the 'Red-Headed League' vanished without a trance and no one knew what the business was and who Mr. Duncan Ross was. Sherlock took the case, because it was so unique and goes about solving the mystery.

I enjoyed Sherlock's eccentric-ness and can't wait to read more by Aurthur Conan Doyle.

[Niko · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It is most refreshingly unusual," as Holmes had put the case into words. The adventure of the red-headed league follows a red-haired pawnbroker, Jabez Wilson, as he was fooled or redirected, to be concise, by his assistant to work in the red-headed league as a copier from 10am to 2pm with a wage of 4 pounds per week which is a good sum at that time. After 2 months of working, he is then surprised one day upon finding out that the league was dissolved. The mystery is that his employer is of inconsistent identity. Aroused by mystery, he then goes to Sherlock Holmes for help along with Dr. John Watson. After two days, the case has been solved by Holmes and deduced that while he was working for four hours every day, his assistant along with the red-headed league digs in the basement of the pawnshop in an attempt to break into the bank next door. Holmes was ahead of their plans and confronted the league by hiding in the bank vault along with Dr. Watson, police inspector Jones and Mr. Merrywather (the bank director). All in all, this a great story for mystery and criminal detection lovers.

[Frank · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Red Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle is the first of the Sherlock Holmes books that I’m willing to say I loved. It’s the first book that I feel is worthy of the praise that many of Holmes’ book received.

The Red Headed League takes a Holmes that is believable as a master detective (rather than one that seems to bumble around). It has a case the reader can solve (versus The Study in Scarlet, where the reader has no chance at), and it has a focus on the story, and not giving large amounts of exposition.

The story is enjoyable, but puzzling at first but the narrative flows expertly. The reader can keep up with Holmes in this case. The case isn’t overly complex, or overly simple, but Doyle lays out all the clues clearly, and when Holmes solves the case, I want to say most readers should also be arriving at the same point.

In fact Doyle does something that’s unique at this point and very helpful. Holmes points out a few things that clues the reader to what Holmes is looking at.

Overall the case works well, the story flows, and the reader isn’t stuck in the weeds as they often are in a Holmes story, it’s the reason I’m giving this five star, because it lives up to what I expected when I started to read the Sherlock Holmes books.

[Nicole Dunton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the tale of Sherlock Holmes where he tries to discover what has become of The Red-Headed League. His client was invited into the league and remained an active member in it until it suddenly shut its doors down for no given reason. Feeling something was amiss, he went to Holmes for assistance.

So, I have a confession. This is the first time I've ever read or had anything to do with anything related to Sherlock Holmes. It's not because I wasn't interested. I was quite familiar with Sherlock Holmes. I have been curious about his books and movies, but I've never gotten around to reading or seeing any of them. That was not by choice. Trust me on that.

That being said, I am glad that I was finally able to read something about Holmes. I'm sure that this will not be the last Sherlock Holmes book I read. Even if it was my first. I'd also like to go and watch some of the movies sometimes. They seem quite entertaining.

Do I recommend this book? Perhaps. Doesn't everybody recommend Sherlock Holmes books and movies ultimately? Haven't many people already seen the movies or read the tales? Is there many people left in the world I could recommend this to? It was a great read. Very quick and easy. I do recommend it.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, if I've learned anything from Sherlock Holmes, it's if someone offers you a job wherein you would be grossly underpaid or overpaid, it's probably a scam. In this case, both the underpaid and overpaid scenarios took place. I think if I hadn't just recently read the Stockbroker's Clerk story, I may have liked this one a bit better. But,it was very obvious from the beginning that the Red-Headed League was a scam, and there had to be some reason why it was incepted. I did think Doyle was a bit funnier in this story than in others, and Holmes continues to be more and more developed in my mind as a character, as does Watson. But, as far as suspense goes, this one wasn't my favorite.

[The Literary Boutique · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘The Red-Headed League’ is a very entertaining novel. Even though it is a short story, Sherlock Holmes’s wittiness makes the story enjoyable. An additional bonus to Dr. Watson’s narration through his observations of Mr. Holmes; there were some fabulous quotes. I do love a fun and unusual mystery novel. It would have been even better, if there were more adventures from the ‘Red-Headed League’.

Full critique written in my blog: The Literary Boutique

[Claudia Torkan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ďalší zaujímavý prípad Sherlocka Holmesa, pri ktorom si ale môžem aj povedať: I knew it! Ale nie... riešenie tejto záhady sa ponúkalo samé asi od prvej štvrtiny, a preto ma len na konci potešilo Sherlockove vysvetlenie celej záležitosti. Táto hra na detektívov sa mi začína páčiť, aj keď sa vac teším na časti, ktoré budú priamo zo Sherlockovho pohľadu.

[Jenn Golden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somehow I missed this book in all my previous read-throughs of the Sherlock canon. Or I just forgot it. Either way it was a nice surprise, even if the plot was a bit humdrum.

This story's best quality is that it includes the line: "it's a three-pipe problem!"

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who on earth is this red-headed guy, read this one to find out.
Another great Holmes mystery!!

[Jonathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had high expectations for this book when I started to read it at shcool. It just turned out to be a yawn festival as the writing style and concept was boring.

[Bettie · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Pedro Martinez · Rating 2 out of 5]

In his second short story published, Sherlock Holmes resolves the craziest bank heist ever

[Jhonalyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alas! great mind Mr. Sherlock Holmes!

[Taiyewo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another great Sherlock mystery!

[Kim Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good!

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Die Story hat so viel versprechend begonnen und verlor sich dann in Nichtig- und Belanglosigkeit.

[Dan Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the funniest Sherlock Holmes story so far, in which a client comes to Holmes and details the ridiculous ruse by which he was taken in.

[Yoana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent mystery. A bit short though, it could have stretched some to add more suspense.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was easy to see where Sherlock was going with this before Watson - but who doesn't! Full of ACD twists. Liked it.

[TerryJane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a favorite for me. Too much like another Sherlock Holmes story I just read.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

[Mary Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicole's book for literature.

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

I definitely give this story props for being unique, although it lacks the excitement and intrigue of other Holmes adventures. A decent short read.

[Macie Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Ryan McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jobs for gingers. Funny story. Fun mystery.