The Capture of Jefferson Hope

From A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The climactic seizure of the murderer, who has been hidden in plain sight as the cabman Holmes summoned, is one of the great theatrical reveals of detective fiction.
Part I, Chapter 6 ('Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do')

Holmes claps the handcuffs on the cabman, announcing: 'Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Mr. Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch Drebber and of Joseph Stangerson.'

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