A review by octavia_cade
The Yellow Face - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story by Arthur Conan Doyle

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

I'm not the biggest Sherlock Holmes fan in the world, having only read a couple of the books, but I do expect him to be right. This time, he was not right. (Although, to be fair, his rather pedestrian explanation did seem entirely plausible!) The true solution is much sadder, and ultimately much sweeter. The ending is certainly very touching, and if Effie's own behaviour isn't entirely admirable, her husband at least is a thoroughly decent man, and better, in the end, than either of them ever suspected.