A Study in Scarlet

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Filigrane

Année de parution:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480489738

<DIV><B>The astonishing debut of Sherlock Holmes and his partner in detection, Dr. Watson</B><BR /><BR />Shot in the shoulder and brought to death&rsquo;s door by typhoid fever, Dr. John Watson is sent home from the second Afghan war with a small income and nothing to do but recover his health. By his own account, he leads a meaningless existence in London until a chance encounter with an old friend brings news of comfortable lodgings on Baker Street. In a hospital laboratory, Watson meets his potential new roommate for the first time. &ldquo;How are you?&rdquo; asks Mr. Sherlock Holmes. &ldquo;You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.&rdquo;<BR />&#160;<BR />With that remarkable feat of observation, one of literature&rsquo;s greatest partnerships is born. In their first case, Holmes and Watson set off for an abandoned flat in Lauriston Gardens. An American has been found dead, his body unmarked, a mysterious word&mdash;<I>Rache</I>&mdash;spelled out in blood on the wall. Scotland Yard thinks the murderer meant to write the name Rachel, but Holmes knows better. When the dead man&rsquo;s private secretary turns up stabbed through the heart, the same word scrawled nearby, it is up to the world&rsquo;s only consulting detective and his eager companion to find a killer whose lust for revenge has spanned two continents and dozens of years.<BR />&#160;<BR />This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and&#160;has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.<BR />&#160;</DIV>