Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet

This is the first book in the series, which I am not reading in order. This book is when the dynamic duel first met. Also their first case together. I cannot get over how the how the author takes a classic adult mystery and turn it into a mystery for the children to understand. I takes such skill an......more

I'd like to thank Arcturus Publishing and NetGalley for the Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Alex Woolf. A Study in Scarlet is the first book in the Sherlock Holmes book series, and Alex Woolf does a phenomenal job in rewriting this story for children in......more

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Alex Woolf. This is how Watson met Holmes in children style. Loved how it was written. Loved the illustrations too. This is a good way to get any young person started on sherlock Holmes. 5*.......more

** “He’s rather too scientific for my tastes — almost cold-blooded in his search for the truth.” ** Alex Woolf retells “A Study in Scarlet,” one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories that deals with revenge. When Dr. John Watson reminisces about when he first met Sherlock, who worked a......more

A study in Scarlet By Alex Woolf and Arthur Conan Doyle This is a retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery but told in an easier format for children and they are also illustrated by Eve O'Brien. I really like the retellings of Sherlock Holmes as I think the older classics can be hard to read......more