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A woman’s desperate search for her missing husband leads to an opium den—and a beggar with a horrifyingly twisted face. Can Holmes uncover the truth behind the disguise?

“It is quite a three-pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.” — Sherlock Holmes

The Man with the Twisted Lip

When Mrs. St. Clair bursts into the opium den on Upper Swandam Lane, she glimpses her vanished husband in a window—only for him to vanish again without a trace. The only clue? A grotesque beggar with a horribly twisted lip. As Holmes probes deeper, he uncovers a case riddled with false identities, hidden lives, and a clever masquerade hiding in plain sight. In this bizarre and brilliant tale, appearances deceive, and even the most grotesque may conceal a surprising truth.

This chapter reveals Holmes’s flair for human insight, highlighting how even the strangest cases may hide the simplest answers—if you know where to look.

Written and created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Watch Also

For a deeper dive into Holmesian drama, explore these legendary portrayals and the actors who brought them to life:

• Jeremy Brett as Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Granada TV), often hailed as the definitive screen interpretation.
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson in the modern-day reimagining Sherlock (BBC), created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
• Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes alongside Jude Law as Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and A Game of Shadows (2011), directed by Guy Ritchie.
• Basil Rathbone as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Watson in the 1930s–40s classic film series.
• Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson in Elementary (CBS), a modern spin with a New York twist.
• Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

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