Miss Mary Sutherland, angry and beside herself with feelings of loss, asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the sudden, mysterious disappearance of a shy and attentive man she has grown to love. He disappeared on the very day they were to be married. It's a challenge Holmes can't turn down.

Librarian's note: This is #3 in Doyle's first collection of Holmes' short stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. This entry is for the story, A Case of Identity. Collections of short stories and other individual stories by the author can be found elsewhere by searching for: a Sherlock Holmes Short Story.