The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk

The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk is a short detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of the Sherlock Holmes tales. It belongs to the Holmes canon and appears in the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The story follows a puzzling case that begins with the disappearance of a stockbroker's clerk and moves through Holmes's usual mix of observation, deduction, and careful questioning, without giving away how the mystery is resolved.

This is a good fit for readers who like classic mystery in a compact form, with a clear setup and a strong focus on reasoning rather than spectacle. It works well if you want a Sherlock Holmes story that can be read quickly but still feels fully built around clues and interpretation. The tone is close to the other short Holmes adventures and to the kind of crime fiction that relies on logic, detail, and a steady investigation more than on action.