Sherlock Holmes Comparing 'The Veiled Lodger', 'The Speckled Band' and 'Silver Blaze' In this essay I am going to compare three Sherlock Holmes stories. Two of the stories involve females as the victims whereas the other doesn't. These two stories also have something to do with loved ones. All three stories are to do with a murder that has happened and are in the same detective, mystery genre. There are a few similarities between two of these stories, 'The Veiled Lodger' and 'The Speckled Band' as both of these stories are about some sort of a...
building up the tension then using the baboon as a false climax.

Even though 'The Speckled Band' was my favourite I also liked 'Silver Blaze' for some of the same reasons like the little clues left lying around.

'straker would not undertake this delicate tendon nicking without a little practice' Once the reader reads this their mind thinks back to where we were wondering why Holmes had asked about the sheep. Both these stories kept me interested, 'The Veiled Lodger' wasn't as good but all three stories were better than what I thought they would be.