The Five Orange Pips

"The Five Orange Pips"
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Watson reads Holmes the latest news about their client John Openshaw, 1891 illustration by Sidney Paget
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CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Detective fiction short stories
Publication
Published inStrand Magazine
Publication dateNovember 1891
Chronology
SeriesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
 
The Man with the Twisted Lip

"The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. Conan Doyle later ranked the story seventh in a list of his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.[1] This is also one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help; the other being "The Adventure of the Dancing Men".

  1. ^ Temple, Emily (22 May 2018). "The 12 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories, According to Arthur Conan Doyle". Literary Hub. Retrieved 6 January 2019.