A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a detective novel published in 1887. This groundbreaking work introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a mysterious murder in London. When a man is found dead with the word "RACHE" written in blood, Holmes must unravel the scarlet thread of murder running through the case. The investigation leads to a dramatic tale of revenge spanning two continents, connecting a London crime scene to events in Utah's Salt Lake Valley decades earlier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories
- England — Fiction
- Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) — Fiction
- Private investigators — England — Fiction