A Study in Scarlet : A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Paperback Collins Classics English By (author) Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Study in Scarlet - Collins Classics
Arthur Conan Doyle
Paperback (30 Jan 2014)


Publisher's Synopsis

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it.

After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, Dr Watson returns to London to convalesce at 221B Baker Street, home to the enigmatic Sherlock Holmes. Their lives are irrevocably thrown together by news that a man has been found dead in a grimy 'ill-omened' house, with the word 'rache' - German for revenge - written in blood on the wall. This grisly discovery is complicated further by the look of utter horror on the victim's face, and the complete absence of any wounds on the body or sign of a struggle.

First published in 1887, 'A Study in Scarlet' is the remarkable first-outing of one of literature's most famous partnerships.


Book information

ISBN: 9780007558049
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: William Collins
Pub date: 30 Jan 2014
DEWEY: 823.912
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 112g
Height: 178mm
Width: 110mm
Spine width: 12mm