A Study in Scarlet

The Penguin English Library editionbr>br>When Dr John Watson takes rooms in Baker Street with amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, he has no idea that he is about to enter a shadowy world of criminality and violence. Accompanying Holmes to an ill-omened house in south London, Watson is startled to find a dead man whose face is contorted in a rictus of horror. There is no mark of violence on the body yet a single word is written on the wall in blood. Dr Watson is as baffled as the police, but Holmes''s brilliant analytical skills soon uncover a trail of murder, revenge and lost love . . .>

About the author

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.

Summary

When Dr John Watson takes rooms in Baker Street with amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, he has no idea that he is about to enter a shadowy world of criminality and violence. Accompanying Holmes to an ill-omened house in south London, Watson is startled to find a dead man whose face is contorted in a rictus of horror.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan (Sir) Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9780141395524
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139552-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Sherlock Holmes; The Penguin English Library; Penguin Classics; Penguin English Library; Sherlock holmes
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime and mystery fiction