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A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes)
A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four - Sherlock Holmes
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN-13: 9780425102404
ISBN-10: 0425102408
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 253
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes) on
If you haven't read Sherlock Holmes or want to begin again, Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins.
Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.

It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. DON'[T MISS THIS ONE!
barbiecat avatar reviewed A Study in Scarlet / The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes) on + 17 more book reviews
read this after seeing the movies and loved both books