In 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,' Sherlock Holmes gets possession of the famous jewel by accident, since it is found in the crop of a goose that Peterson, the commissionaire, rescues from a brawl. He successfully connects the finding of the carbuncle in the goose with its theft from...

The Blue Carbuncle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the fifty six short stories featuring the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story follows the mystery of the Blue Carbuncle, a precious gem previously stolen from the Countess of Morcar, and later discovered in the neck of a Goose....

A hard boiled protagonist is generally someone who is jaded, grisly, and alone. This character has some skeletons in their closet, and copes with these issues using a sort of vice, typically alcohol. This man does not play by any rulebook, and almost always ends up in a direct (usually...