The Sign of Four
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Edition: Red Classics edition (1)
Series: Red classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780141034379
Subjects: Fiction; John H. Watson (Fictitious character)
Description: A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation.

For Mary Morstan has received several large pearls – one a year for the last six years – and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor, bringing with her two companions.

But unbeknownst to them all, others stalk London’s fog-enshrouded streets: a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind – and his companion, who places no value on human life...