The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Veiled Lodger & Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place & Adventure of the Retired Colourman(p1290-1323)

In The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, a woman named Mrs Merrilow went to Holmes because she saw a lodger's face that never showed it and became scarred and even called her a murderer. Her name was Mrs. Ronder and Merrilow did not want the police to be involved, so thats why she went to Holmes. Holmes ended up knowing this lodger from another case where a lion was let loose and one person died while the other's face was disfigured. Mr Ronder was the other person attacked by the lion that died. At the end of the story, Holmes found out the Mrs Ronder was in love with a man other than her husband named Leonardo and they planned to get rid of Mr. Ronder with a distraction for the people (lion) and a club with five nails to his head. But that same day the lion turned against Mrs. Ronder and bit part of her face. She felt suicidal but Holmes convinced her not to kill herself.

In The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, a man named John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place was a horse racer and went to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. His sister owns the stable and it will be his brother in law's when she dies. So, Holmes agreed to investigate and found out when they got there that the innkeeper owns Norberton's sister's dog. So, Holmes offered to take it for a walk and went to Shoscombe and let it go infront of her carrage. Once, the dog noticed there was a man in it, he ran away. Later, Holmes found a coffin and John found bones that disappeared soon after he found them. After that, Sir Robert found them and explained everything. His sister died a week earlier of dropsy and he just wanted to keep it a secret for a short time so he wins his race. So, he hid the body and wore her clothes but did not show his face. Then, Holmes ended up telling the police and Robert won the Derby and didn't get into any trouble while becoming rich.

In The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, a former art supplier named Josiah Amberley went to Holmes for help in the missing of his wife. She left with his neighbor, Ray Ernest and took cash and other items with her. Holmes was busy at the time and told Watson to see what he could. Watson found that Amberley was painting his house and also found his wifes unused theater ticket. It turned out that she and the neighbor left while Amberley was at the theater. His wife didn't go because of a "headache." So, when Watson was going back to Baker Street to tell Holmes what he has, he bumped into Holmes' rival detective Barker, whom was hired to find Ray Ernest. When Holmes finds out the information he needed, he told Watson and Amberley to go do an errand and while they were out, he searched the house and Barker ended up joining him. Then when Amberley came back, Holmes asked what he did with the bodies. He found out that Amberley killed his wife and Ernest out of jealousy. Holmes found the bodies in a well in the garden and Amberley was taken by the police.