Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote both "Charles Augustus Milverton" and "A Scandal in Bohemia" in which he portrayed the infamous Sherlock Holmes as both a criminal and a detective. . These dueling roles that Holmes plays in the stories are unique for the characterization of any character. The introduction to “A Scandal in Bohemia” illustrates Dr. Watson's visit to Sherlock Holmes, as an informal friendly meeting, when a client enters with the most serious problems. The client is a wealthy king, who recently became engaged to a princess, but who previously had an affair with the beautiful and cunning Irene Adler. Miss Adler is in possession of photos of the king in a compromising position, and she threatens to send the scandalous photos to the king's in-laws. The king quickly tasks Holmes with finding and destroying the photos Miss Adler is in possession of, in order to protect the king and his new fiancée from embarrassment. In order for Holmes to acquire the photos, he must convince Miss Adler to let him into her home and trick her into showing up at the location of the photos, making Holmes a criminal in the short story (Doyle 11-25) . In Doyle's short story "Charles Augustus Milverton", Sherlock Holmes again participates in criminal activity by breaking into someone's house with the intention of stealing documents. In this short story, Lady Eva Blackwell contacts and employs Holmes to steal indecent letters she had previously written to a former lover, to a man who was blackmailing her for money. The man blackmailing Lady Eva Blackwell is Charles Augustus Milverton, who is currently a blackmail specialist, blackmailing several people in the city for large sums of money! While Holmes and Watson are inside...... middle of paper ......e. Nature 445.1 (2007): 152. Academic research completed. Internet. April 12, 2014. Krumm, Pascale. "'A Scandal in Bohemia' and the Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Mystery Solved". English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 39.2 (1996): 193-203. Academic research completed. Internet. April 14, 2014. Mason, Emma. “Dogs, detectives and the famous Sherlock Holmes.” International Journal of Cultural Studies 11.3 (2008): 289-300. Academic research completed. Internet. April 25, 2014.O. Berg, Stanton. "Sherlock Holmes: Father of Scientific Crime Detection". The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science 61.3 (1970): 446-452. Reference center on international security and the fight against terrorism. Internet. April 9, 2014. Yang, Amy. “Psychoanalysis and detective fiction: a Freud tale and a criminal narrative”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 53.4 (2010): 596-604. Muse Project. Internet. April 14 2014.