A review by missyjohnson
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

3.0

Watson and Holmes are on a case to help a young lady Mary Morstan solve a mystery as to why she receives a valuable pearl annually and maybe discover if it has anything to do with her father captain Morstan’s death. The three meet with Thaddeus Sholto and learn of a treasure that his father smuggled home from India. Sherlock deduces several things as to information about the treasure that the local constable is unable to figure out. Holmes continues to get closer to the answer but the final story comes from a one legged man named Jonathan Small. Small was in India when the treasure was originally hidden by him and three other men. They made a vow with each other to split the treasure 4 ways and they were the four. As the war with the British starts the 4 men are separated and imprisoned. Small tells how they were double crossed by Sholto and he was seeking revenge. Good little story.