A Study in Scarlet

A detective novel in which Dr. John H. Watson, a war surgeon returned from Afghanistan, narrates how he comes to share lodgings in London with the eccentric and brilliant Sherlock Holmes, and becomes involved in the mystery of the Lauriston Garden murders.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic mystery and detective stories›Detective novels and casebooks›Sherlock Holmes and his rivals, 1887 to 1913

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Teens›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic mystery and detective stories