A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of The Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle, David Stuart Davies (Afterword)

Overview

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

A Study in Scarlet introduced the great scientific detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, his friend and chronicler, to the reading public. This novel, a cornerstone in the annals of crime fiction, tells of their first meeting and how they set up in rooms together in Baker Street. It is not long before the charismatic sleuth and his faithful companion are plunged into a dramatic mystery which starts with the discovery of a corpse in a deserted house and the letters RACHE scrawled on the wall in blood. The Sign of the Four, the second Holmes novel, presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges - solving the theft of the great Agra treasure in India. In these two classic novels you have the foundation of the Sherlock Holmes legend. As well as his witty and illuminating Afterword to this edition, David Stuart Davies, the illustrious editor of Sherlock magazine, has provided a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.

With an Afterword by David Stuart Davies, a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, and an authority on Sherlock Holmes. He has written the Afterwords for all the Macmillan Collector's Library Holmes volumes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909621763
Publisher:	Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication date:	08/23/2016
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	4.05(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) studied medicine at Edinburgh University, but ultimately gave up medicine to pursue a career in writing both fiction and non-fiction. His iconic sleuths, Holmes and Watson, have entertained generations of readers.

An internationally recognized expert on Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle, David Stuart Davies is the editor of the crime fiction magazine Sherlock and the author of several books on Sherlock Holmes. He also edits the Crime Writers' Association's monthly Red Herrings magazine. Forests of the Night was his first Johnny Hawke novel. He lives in West Yorkshire, England.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885

Table of Contents

A Study in Scarlet

Part One

1. Mr Sherlock Holmes

2. The Science of Deduction

3. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery

4. What John Rance Had to Tell

5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor

6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do

7. Light in the Darkness

Part Two

8. On the Great Alkali Plain

9. The Flower of Utah

10. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet

11. A Flight for Life

12. The Avenging Angels

13. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD

14. The Conclusion

The Sign of the Four

1. The Science of Deduction

2. The Statement of the Case

3. In Quest of a Solution

4. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man

5. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge

6. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration

7. The Episode of the Barrel

8. The Baker Street Irregulars

9. A Break in the Chain

10. The End of the Islander

11. The Great Agra Treasure

12. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small

Afterword

Bibliography

Biography