Study in Scarlet

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Detective Fiction

Authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In Year : 1887

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Study in Scarlet

1-1 Mr. Sherlock Holmes
1-2 The Science of Deduction
1-3 The Lauriston Garden Mystery
1-4 What John Rance Had to Tell
1-5 Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
1-6 Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
1-7 Light in the Darkness
2-1 On the Great Alkali Plain
2-2 The Flower of Utah
2-3 John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
2-4 A Flight for Life
2-5 The Avenging Angels
2-6 A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
2-7 The Conclusion

A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book, Dr. Watson meets the detective for the first time and we ride along with them to the scene of a murder. The crime baffles the Scotland Yard detectives, but of course Holmes solves it easily. In the second half of the story, the scene shifts to Utah as we learn the murderer's history. The action returns to London in the last two chapters. In his first adventure, Holmes demonstrates many of the traits for which he later became well known: meticulous study of a crime scene, brilliant deductive reasoning, aptitude for chemistry and music, and the somewhat annoying habit of withholding crucial facts from Watson (and consequently the reader) until the conclusion of the case. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)