A Study in Scarlet
Publisher: Penguin English Library
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780141395524
Subjects: British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author); Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), fiction; Watson, john h. (fictitious character), fiction; Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional; England, fiction; Private investigators, fiction
Description: The very first of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, A Study in Scarlet reveals the early days of Holmes and Watson's friendship, and exactly how the former doctor became involved in a life of crime-solving.

A body is found in a grimy house in south London, its face twisted by fear and horror, with the word 'RACHE' scrawled on the wall in blood beside it — yet the corpse itself is completely unscathed. How did this man meet such a strange and terrible end? The answer is darker than anyone could imagine.