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Jack Stapleton is Sir Charles Baskerville ’s nephew and Sir Henry Baskerville ’s cousin. According to research undertaken by Sherlock Holmes, Stapleton’s father left England for South America as a young man with a bad reputation. He was believed to have died, but instead, he married and had Jack, his only son.
Print (Hardback, Paperback), E-book, audiobook. The Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series is an ongoing series of New York Times Bestselling medical thrillers by Robin Cook that follows pathologist Jack Stapleton and his co-worker (and later wife) Laurie Montgomery as they attempt to solve the various mysteries that come across their path.
- Sherlock Holmes. The novel's protagonist. Holmes is the famed 221b Baker Street detective with a keen eye, hawked nose, and the trademark hat and pipe. Holmes is observation and intuition personified, and though he takes a bit of a back seat to Watson in this story, we always feel his presence.
- Dr. Watson. The novel's other protagonist and narrator. Dr. Watson is the stout sidekick to Holmes and longtime chronicler of the detective's adventures.
- Sir Henry Baskerville. The late Sir Charles's nephew and closet living relative. Sir Henry is hale and hearty, described as "a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very sturdily built."
- Sir Charles Baskerville. The head of the Baskerville estate. Sir Charles was a superstitious man, and terrified of the Baskerville curse and his waning health at the time of his death.
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Roger was the son of Sir Charles Baskerville (Sir Henry's uncle) youngest brother who was also called Roger; the one who took the most after their infamous relative Hugo Baskerville who, despite what was believed, did not die unmarried in South America. He married a local beautiful woman called Beryl. There he embezzled public money in Costa Rica and fled to England, where he changed his name to Jack Vandeleur. Using his stolen money he funded the school, but a fever broke out killing the tut...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Due to the suspicious death of Sir Charles, Doctor Mortimer goes to visit Sherlock Holmes for help. Seeing this as a threat, Roger spies upon them in disguise whilst pretending he is himself Sherlock Holmes to his cab driver to throw off any suspicion and link back to himself. While Sir Henry is staying at a hotel, Roger bribes one of the staff to steal one of his shoes so he can train the hound to attack him. However, since the shoe is freshly bought, it was useless and he has to steal anoth...
Due to appearing in one of the most famous novels of all time, Roger Baskervile has been adapted into over 20 films and TV shows. Most notably:
Jack Stapleton was a polite Victorian gentleman on the exterior but this hid a hot temper which revealed itself at key moments.
Stapleton is like a physical manifestation of the Baskervilles' bad side. When Stapleton sinks into the Grimpen Mire, leaving Sir Henry to rightly inherit the estate, it's not just a matter of good winning out over evil. It's also a question of biological survival of the (morally) fittest. The fact that Sir Henry gets to carry on the family ...
Antagonist Jack Stapleton. Setting (time) 1889. Holmes notes that the date 1884, engraved on Dr. Mortimer's walking stick, is five years old. Setting (place) The novel starts and ends in London, in Holmes' office at 221b Baker Street. Most of the rest of the novel takes place in Devonshire, at the imposing Baskerville Hall, the lonely moorlands ...
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Jack Stapleton Series. Blindsight is the first installment in the Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series. Despite the fact that this is a Jack Stapleton book series, the protagonist is not mentioned in this installment; thus this novel focusses on Laurie Montgomery, an exceedingly young forensic pathologist.
