The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Sign of Four
Penguin Classics

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Ackroyd

Narrator: Christopher Eccleston

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2020


Synopsis

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As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'

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About Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on February 10, 2024

Sherlock Holmes does it again. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive the visit of a distressed lady, Miss Mary Morstan, who has received strange jewelry over the years and recently a troubling message from an unknown sender. Upon investigation the case shows to be more complex than originally tho......more

Goodreads review by Anne on April 01, 2023

Oh, Holmes! I still love you, but this was...not your best book, buddy. Hmm. Ok, now I remember why I never really read the full-length Sherlock stories very much, and usually preferred to stick with the shorties. This was kinda...*cough* dull. And really hard to get through. Plus, (and I know it was......more

Goodreads review by Henry on May 04, 2024

Sherlock Holmes is bored, he hasn't had a new interesting case in quite a while, no big deal you say? It is if the man is the notorious self- destructive detective the best whoever was, (or will be) as his arm will clearly reveal....too many injections of mind - numbing drugs can testify to this hor......more