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The sign of four ([New ed.])

Conan Doyle, ArthurAckroyd, Peter(Introduction by)Glinert, Ed(Edited by)
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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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Penguin Classics
0140439072 / 9780140439076
Paperback / softback
823.912
05/07/2001
United Kingdom
English
Classic crime
xxiii, 128 p.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 236975, Points 7.00, Book Level 6.70,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
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