A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, who meet in London and become lodgers at 221B Baker Street. Watson is drawn into Holmes's first recorded case, a murder investigation involving a body found in an empty house and a mysterious word written in blood. The novel alternates between the London investigation and a backstory set in the American West, gradually revealing the motive behind the crime.

by Arthur Conan Doyle

W.B. Conkey Co. · First published 1887 · 175 pages