The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Reigate Squire
PLOT SUMMARY: While Holmes and Watson are visiting the country home of an old friend of the doctor's, the detective becomes involved in investigating a local robbery.
By Merat on Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 7:04 pm:

Isn't it "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires"?

By kerriem. on Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 7:27 pm:

Actually, this one's had several titles, depending on which edition you're discussing.
In the original UK eds., it is indeed 'Reigate Squire', singular. Most Sherlockians assume this was a printer's error, and it has since been generally corrected to the more logical plural.

But in American eds., the story is known as 'The Reigate Puzzle' or sometimes the mildly redundant 'Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle'. (The publishers figured that those provincial Yanks wouldn't get the concept of 'Squire'.)

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