false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177969455m/746163.jpg 608474 76 Yellow fog is swirling through the streets of London, and Sherlock Holmes himself is sitting in a cocaine-induced haze until the arrival of a distressed and beautiful young lady forces the great detective into action. Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day she is summoned to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Holmes and Watson. Introduction by Peter Ackroyd and notes by Ed Glinert Some versions go by the title, <i>Sign of the Four</i>. 2922650 book 1890 The Sign of Four total:1848|5:495|4:769|3:509|2:69|1:6| 1848 7222 2237 99 746163 1594569657 9781594569654 16 2 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177969455m/746163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/746163.The_Sign_of_Four 3 1 false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 02:43:25 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 02:46:26 -0700 2009
This has roughly the same structure as A Study In Scarlet, but the extended flashback is better integrated into the story.]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 0 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 05 19:51:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 19:55:02 -0800 2008 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 2 1 false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 17:45:55 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:19:56 -0700 2008 The Moonstone).

Holmes is hilarious, I have to admit. Arrogant, self-assured, witty, hopelessly genius ... not to mention, a crack addict. Who knew?]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 1 false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 15:44:09 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 15:33:45 -0700 2008 288935 1420925644 9781420925647 92 4 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173446700m/288935.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/288935.The_Sign_of_the_Four 4 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 11:10:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 11:47:12 -0700 2008 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 2 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 12:36:56 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 09:53:25 -0800 2007 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 0 false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 17:27:30 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 19:06:31 -0700 2009 1
I reread this one recently for the first time in quite a number of years. Although I remembered a few details of the plot, I had forgotten quite a bit of it.

It was more...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 3 0 false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 16:35:48 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 20:06:22 -0700 2008 "It is a romance!" cried Mrs. Forrester. "An injured lady, half a million in treasure, a black cannibal, and a wooden-legged ruffian. They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl."

Indeed Arthur Conan Doyles' The Sign of Four (1890) is a romance, with ...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 3 0 false Sat Aug 16 11:40:44 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 11:40:44 -0700 2008
But even without, it was a fun Holmes story. What made it neat for my reading, and which is why it ended up on my reading list, is because it has an a...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 3 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 04:46:27 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:33:59 -0800 2009
In this second adventure, Holmes is on the trail of a murderer, a thief and a lost treasure, we get a hot pursuit on the Thames and a chase with a d...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Dec 09 10:16:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:22:17 -0800 2008
And I like this story-line.

I especially like the commentary on cocaine in the opening pages. "I suppose that its influence is physcially a bad one. I find it, however, so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to ...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 3 0 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:42:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 17:47:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:31:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:33:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 21:08:57 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 21:14:38 -0700 2009
So Holmes continues to be a more complex character than the all the pastiches and parodie...more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 0 0 false Wed Jun 18 19:55:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 20:08:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 20:15:13 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 20:17:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 0 false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 09:54:44 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 10:01:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 0 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 05:13:56 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 05:13:56 -0800 2009
"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. [. . .:] But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."]]> 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 4 0 false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:06:29 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:09:54 -0800 2008 1 608474 0140439072 9780140439076 1556 84 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608474.The_Sign_of_Four 3 0 true Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:23:47 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:25:17 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=746163