In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a banker, Mr. Alexander Holder, makes a loan of GBP50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves a beryl coronet - one of the most valuable public possessions in existence - as collateral. Feeling that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewelry in his personal safe at the bank, he takes it home with him. Awakened by a noise in the night, he is horrified to see his son playing with the coronet and apparently trying to bend it. Three beryls are now missing from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the case.
| ISBN: | 9781520084534 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2017 |
| Author: | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
| Publisher: | Dreamscape Media |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |