Description
Introduction by Anne Perry
Includes newly commissioned endnotes
In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this very first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson with the puzzling line "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive," and so begins Watson's, and the world's, fascination with this enigmatic character. In A Study in Scarlet, Doyle presents two equally perplexing mysteries for Holmes to solve: one a murder that takes place in the shadowy outskirts of London, in a locked room where the haunting word Rache is written upon the wall, the other a kidnapping set in the American West. Picking up the "scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life," Holmes demonstrates his uncanny knack for finding the truth, tapping into powers of deduction that still captivate readers today.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 06/10/2003
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.13w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9780812968545
ISBN10: 0812968549
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Classics
Includes newly commissioned endnotes
In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this very first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson with the puzzling line "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive," and so begins Watson's, and the world's, fascination with this enigmatic character. In A Study in Scarlet, Doyle presents two equally perplexing mysteries for Holmes to solve: one a murder that takes place in the shadowy outskirts of London, in a locked room where the haunting word Rache is written upon the wall, the other a kidnapping set in the American West. Picking up the "scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life," Holmes demonstrates his uncanny knack for finding the truth, tapping into powers of deduction that still captivate readers today.
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 06/10/2003
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.13w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9780812968545
ISBN10: 0812968549
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Classics
About the Author
Anne Perry is the Edgar Award-winning author of more than thirty novels. Her most recent books include A Sunless Sea and A Christmas Garland. She lives in Scotland.