Five Orange Pips

This time, in Five Orange Pips, written by Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes receive an incredibly weird case. The client, John Openshaw, describes that his both his uncle and father was murdered after they received a letter that has a signature K.K.K and five orange pips. Openshaw says that he is the only one who has a better relationship with his uncle, who had live in America for a long period of time. But in an afternoon, as Openshaw goes to find his uncle as usual, he found out that his uncle's face become pale and full of hopelessness after receive the K.K.K. letter and five orange pips. His uncle then quickly burned a box of mail. Few days later, he find his uncle dead. After years and years of peace, Openshaw's father receive the letter and also died few days later. So when John Openshaw receive the same letter, he's afraid that he might be the next one who died in this curse, therefore, went to Sherlock Holmes for help. After Holmes use his logic and great mental ability to think about this case, he conclude that the reason why Openshaw family get killed is because that his uncle hold a secret document of K.K.K secret group (Ku Klux Klan). But still, John Openshaw get kill by these people, before they died on a ship under a wind storm.

Overall, I think the story line was very well-constructed, but the author just kind of rush through at the end of the story. Although the story was begin with mysteriousness and intensive feelings, but I think the author can also have more description for how Sherlock deal with these secret people that hide behind the letter of K.K.K and the orange pips. Despite the fact that I think it ended a little bit too quick, I am hardly appreciate the way Doyle write and the ability to create all these complicated case. Also, I love the feeling of having adventure with Sherlock Holmes!