The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

by Arthur Conan Doyle 

 

In "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," by Arthur Conan Doyle, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard presents Sherlock Holmes with a seemingly unimportant problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. Although Lestrade claims that that man must be a lunatic, Holmes knows that there must be a meaning behind the madness. Once Holmes discovers that six busts have been made from the same mold, he sets a trap to catch the culprit in his attempt to smash the last remaining bust. Why is the suspect breaking them? It is a mystery that only Holmes can solve.