The Adventure of the Three Gables

The Adventure of the Three Gables is a short detective story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1926. It is one of the Sherlock Holmes stories and appears among the twelve pieces collected in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Written in British English, it follows the familiar Holmes setup: an apparently ordinary situation turns into a puzzle, and the interest comes from observation, careful questioning, and the way details begin to connect.

This is a good fit for readers who like short mystery fiction with a clear investigation at its center and a measured pace. It also works well for people who already know the Sherlock Holmes canon and want another case in that vein, or for anyone looking for a compact entry point into Holmes without committing to a longer book. Its closest match is the classic kind of detective story that builds from small clues rather than from action-heavy plotting.