The Novels of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1

A Study in ScarletWatson has been discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds and he is having no luck finding accommodation until a chance encounter leads him to a remarkable young man and 221B Baker Street. So begins the most famous partnership in the history of criminal detection. An unmarked corpse, a wedding ring and a mysterious message scrawled in blood are the intrepid pair's only clues as they follow the trail of the man driven to fulfill a terrible oath, which he swore more than twenty years before.The Sign of the FourOnce a year, Mary Morstan receives an anonymous package containing a magnificent costly pearl. Aware that the gifts are somehow connected to the disappearance of her father ten years previously, she is both intrigued and frightened by the arrival of a letter summoning her for a meeting in the dead of the night. Accompanied by Holmes and Watson, mary embarks on a quest that is to lead them through the dark heart of the city, to a one-legged man and an incredible tale of greed and revenge.