The Sign of the Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Sign of the Four” (1890), is the second of four Sherlock Holmes novels, coming after “A Study In Scarlet” and before “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. In it, Holmes and Watson are enlisted by Mary Morstan to solve the mystery of her missing father who has recently returned from India. Compounding the mystery is the fact that she has received six pearls in the mail, one per year since 1882, from an anonymous sender. This complex mystery puts Holmes and Watson’s deductive skills to the test in a thrilling adventure involving poison darts and high-speed boat chases. First published in Lippincott’s Monthly, copies of the original magazine now fetch several thousand dollars in auction.
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The Sign of the Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Sign of the Four” (1890), is the second of four Sherlock Holmes novels, coming after “A Study In Scarlet” and before “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. In it, Holmes and Watson are enlisted by Mary Morstan to solve the mystery of her missing father who has recently returned from India. Compounding the mystery is the fact that she has received six pearls in the mail, one per year since 1882, from an anonymous sender. This complex mystery puts Holmes and Watson’s deductive skills to the test in a thrilling adventure involving poison darts and high-speed boat chases. First published in Lippincott’s Monthly, copies of the original magazine now fetch several thousand dollars in auction.
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The Sign of the Four

The Sign of the Four

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four

The Sign of the Four

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Sign of the Four” (1890), is the second of four Sherlock Holmes novels, coming after “A Study In Scarlet” and before “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. In it, Holmes and Watson are enlisted by Mary Morstan to solve the mystery of her missing father who has recently returned from India. Compounding the mystery is the fact that she has received six pearls in the mail, one per year since 1882, from an anonymous sender. This complex mystery puts Holmes and Watson’s deductive skills to the test in a thrilling adventure involving poison darts and high-speed boat chases. First published in Lippincott’s Monthly, copies of the original magazine now fetch several thousand dollars in auction.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781974939695
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Publication date: 02/19/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 155
File size: 158 KB
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.
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