A Study In Scarlett: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, Dr Watson returns to London to convalesce at 221B Baker Street, home to the enigmatic Sherlock Holmes. Their lives are irrevocably thrown together by news that a man has been found dead in a grimy ´ill-omened´ house, with the word ´rache´ – German for revenge – written in blood on the wall. This grisly discovery is complicated further by the look of utter horror on the victim´s face, and the complete absence of any wounds on the body or sign of a struggle. First published in 1887, ´A Study in Scarlet´ is the remarkable first-outing of one of literature´s most famous partnerships.