"Holmes and Watson accompany a woman on a quest which leads them
through the dark heart of London to a one-legged man, a mysterious
and terrifying creature, and an incredible tale of greed and
revenge."-School Library Journal "The immense talent, passion and
literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him
a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry "Holmes has a
timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him
heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."-
Alexander McCall Smith Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four is the
second novel in the Sherlock Holmes series, following the
enormously successful novel A Study In Scarlet. With the mysterious
disappearance of a British Indian army officer, a one-legged
hooligan, a stolen treasure, and a nefarious pact between four
con-men, this novel of revenge and love is an exquisite classic of
crime fiction. In the infamous opening of the novel, Dr. Watson
finds Sherlock Holmes in his Baker Street home, bored and in the
process of taking cocaine. Dr. Watson finally confronts his friend,
and Holmes retorts that he does not do well in moments of tedium;
luckily the doldrums are evaporated with the arrival of a beautiful
woman at the door of Baker Street; she is Mary Morstan, a character
that Sherlock Holmes fans are very acquainted with as she
eventually becomes the wife of Dr. Watson. Mary asked for the help
in a very strange case; years ago her father disappeared from his
post in India as an army officer, a few years later she began
receiving an exquisite pearl in the mail on an annual basis for the
past six years. Mary revealed a letter to Holmes from the sender of
the pearls, asking to meet in person for clues to her father's
disappearance and the motive behind the pearls. When they meet
Thaddeus Sholto, Holmes and Watson are snarled into a web of a
dangerous hunt and a morass of intrigue including a secret Indian
treasure, four ex-cons, a one-legged gangster. The Sign of the
Four, one of the most popular of the Sherlock Holmes crime novels,
has been adapted into numerous film and TV productions. With an
eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of The Sign of the Four is both modern and readable.
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