In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Five Orange Pips," Sherlock Holmes investigates a terrifying family mystery when John Openshaw receives five orange pips by post – a sinister warning that preceded the mysterious deaths of his uncle and father. Holmes uncovers a link to the Ku Klux Klan in America, revealing the pips are a death sentence demanding the return of incriminating papers stolen years ago by the uncle. Despite Holmes deducing the KKK's methods, he is tragically too late to save Openshaw, marking a rare failure for the detective, though the story implies justice is served when the murderers' ship is later lost at sea, emphasizing the long and deadly reach of past actions and secret societies.

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