The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Boscombe Valley Mystery characters

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A London consulting detective whose close attention to physical traces lets him challenge the apparently straightforward case against James McCarthy. He travels to Herefordshire after Lestrade asks him to examine the evidence.

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A doctor, Holmes's friend, and the narrator of the investigation. He leaves his medical practice for a brief journey to Boscombe Valley and records Holmes's reasoning as the case develops.

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A Scotland Yard inspector investigating Charles McCarthy's death. The witnesses and circumstantial evidence have convinced him that the victim's son is responsible, though he invites Holmes to review the case.

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The adult son of the murdered Charles McCarthy. He was seen following his father toward Boscombe Pool, admits that they quarrelled there, and is arrested after returning to find him mortally injured. Despite the evidence, he insists that he did not strike the fatal blow.

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A tenant farmer on John Turner's Boscombe Valley estate and James's father. He and Turner both made their fortunes in Australia before settling in England. His death beside Boscombe Pool is the crime Holmes is asked to solve.

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John Turner's daughter and a childhood companion of James McCarthy. Convinced that James could not have murdered his father, she appeals to Lestrade and Holmes to look beyond the case against him.

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A wealthy landowner whose estate includes the McCarthys' farm. He knew Charles McCarthy in Australia and is now in poor health. His daughter Alice is deeply concerned about the charge against James.