Dimensions
150 x 206 x 9mm
In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, thus creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this, the first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson with the puzzling line andamp;#8220;You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.andamp;#8221; And so begins Watsonandamp;#8217;s, and the worldandamp;#8217;s, fascination with this enigmatic character.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. Quickly picking up the andamp;#8220;scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life,andamp;#8221; Holmes does not fail at finding the truthandamp;#8212;and making literary history.
