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When Sir John Magill, the wealthy Irish industrialist, fails to show up at his hometown on a well-publicised visit, neither his family nor the Belfast police can explain his disappearance. Foul play is suspected when his bloodstained hat is discovered, and Scotland Yard is called in. With his characteristic genius for reconstruction, Inspector French evolves a gruesome theory about what happened to the elderly man, but his reputation - and that of Scotland Yard - will depend on finding out who was responsible.

John Milton tuait autrefois pour le compte du gouvernement britannique. Il essaie désormais de se racheter, une mission après l’autre. Hanté par son passé, Milton vit incognito à Londres, offrant son aide à ceux qui n’ont personne vers qui se tourner. Quand il fait la rencontre d’Eddie Fabian, un homme suicidaire, brisé par les abus vécus dans son enfance, il décide de s’impliquer. Mais avant qu’il ait le temps d’agir, Eddie est retrouvé mort. Et quelque chose ne colle pas.

"The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the second tale from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Published in 1903, "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" is notable for being the first Sherlock Holmes story to reference fingerprint analysis.