Sherlock Holmes Novel Collection: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear

Sherlock Holmes Novel Collection contains four complete novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.A Study in ScarletThe Sign of FourThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Valley of FearA Study in Scarlet marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.". The Sign of Four is set in 1888The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Mutiny of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents Holmes's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel.. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case.. The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915.. The stories continue in Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Collections Volume I and Volume II, which you can also purchase on Amazon.. Volume IThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.The Memoirs of Sherlock.Volume IIThe Return of Sherlock HomesHis Last BowThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes