«The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Crooked Man» by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Adventure of the Crooked Man" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes invites Watson to witness the final stage of an investigation. A colonel is dead, and his wife is considered the prime suspect. While all the signs seem to point to her, Sherlock seems to think otherwise.