num_pages: 164
description: ' There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it '.Arriving in the wilderness of London and in need of lodgings, Dr John Watson finds himself living at 221b Baker Street with one Sherlock Holmes. When a corpse is discovered in a derelict house Watston, fascinated by his brilliant, eccentric companion, is soon drawn into Holmes' investigations. There's no sign of a struggle, no wounds on the body, yet scrawled in blood across the walls is the word RACHE - revenge. Watson is baffled but for Holmes the game is afoot...
language: English
title: A Study in Scarlet
titlecomplete: A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
characters: John Ferrier, Enoch Drebber, Dr. John Watson, Mrs. Hudson (Conan Doyle series), Joseph Stangerson, Inspector Lestrade, Tobias Gregson, Sherlock Holmes, Lucy Ferrier, Jefferson Hope
genres: Classics, Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Historical Fiction, 19th Century, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 426456
places: Utah, London, England
series: Sherlock Holmes
publisher: Headline