Charles Augustus Milverton

Genre: mystery

Year Published: 1922

Creator: George Ridgwell

Credits: Cast: Eille Norwood, Hubert Willis

Description: Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer. The blackmailer demands £7,000 for the letters, which would cause a scandal that would end Lady Eva's marriage engagement. Holmes visits Milverton's Hampstead house disguised as a plumber to learn the plan of the house. He cultivates the acquaintance of his housemaid and even becomes engaged to her. Holmes tells Watson that he has a hated rival who will step in when the plumber disappears.

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