A Study in Scarlet, Part II ('The Country of the Saints')
The entire second half abandons Holmes and Watson for a Western revenge narrative; the LDS Church formally objected, and Conan Doyle's daughter later apologized.
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From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The controversial middle section of A Study in Scarlet, set in Utah, which depicts Mormons as a sinister polygamous cult — long debated for its religious bigotry and abrupt narrative shift.
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