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A review by maggiebook
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
3.0
Enjoyed this very quick read. The story engaged me from the beginning but wasn't quite as interesting as A Study in Scarlet.
Holmes and Watson are contacted by a young woman whose father has been missing for several years. She has been summoned by the son of one of her father's military buddies.
The book provides a backstory that takes place in India which was brief. Holmes strangely enough shoots up cocaine to stimulate his mind when he doesn't have a case which Dr. Watson is not pleased about and tries to deter him from using it. The Sign of Four did endear Dr. Watson to me even more. I do love his character and find him throughout the book more interesting than Holmes.
Holmes and Watson are contacted by a young woman whose father has been missing for several years. She has been summoned by the son of one of her father's military buddies.
The book provides a backstory that takes place in India which was brief. Holmes strangely enough shoots up cocaine to stimulate his mind when he doesn't have a case which Dr. Watson is not pleased about and tries to deter him from using it. The Sign of Four did endear Dr. Watson to me even more. I do love his character and find him throughout the book more interesting than Holmes.