The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

"The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Violet Smith glances back at the mystery cyclist, 1904 illustration by Sidney Paget
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CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Detective fiction short stories
Publication
Published inStrand Magazine
Publication dateDecember 1903
Chronology
SeriesThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
 
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
 
The Adventure of the Priory School

"The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905). It was first published in Collier's in the United States on 26 December 1903, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in January 1904.