The Red Headed League

by Arthur Conan Doyle · 1891

 __ ### [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #2](https://www.goodreads.com/series/320780-the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes) # The Red-Headed League - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story __ ### [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle), [Hans Peterson (Narrator)](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/72861.Hans_Peterson) [ 3.92 17,717 ratings910 reviews ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1254877.The_Red_Headed_League#CommunityReviews) Want to Read __ Kindle $0.99 __ Rate this book Another great one from Conan Doyle. Holmes is engaged initially by a pawnbroker. He's upset by the loss of a well-paying, part-time job. One that doesn't require many hours and, when it does require work, doesn't interfere with his busiest times at the pawn shop. To Sherlock Holmes, it could be much more than it appears. The beginning of a larger mystery? Using minute details of the smaller one, he works to solve the more serious one. "Depend upon it," said Holmes to Watson in "A Case of Identity." "There is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." Librarian's note: this entry is for The Red Headed League, the second of 12 short stories from the 1892 collection, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine. Collections and other individual stories by the author are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes four novels and 58 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Sherlock Holmes Short Story." Genres[Mystery](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/mystery)[Classics](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/classics)[Fiction](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/fiction)[Short Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/short-stories)[Crime](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/crime)[Audiobook](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/audiobook)[Detective](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/detective) ...more 24 pages, Audio Cassette First published January 1, 1891 Book details & editions __ * * *    270 people are currently reading    4031 people want to read * * * ### About the author [](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle) #### [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle) 17.1k books24.9k followers Follow Follow 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 st