Since her father disappeared, Miss Mary Morstan has received a large pearl through the post on the same day, every year, for six years. Who is sending them? And what about her father's paper with the words 'The Sign of Four' written on it? Sherlock Holmes alone can solve these mysteries.
My first book in this series. I’m learning English and it was very useful book. Easy words and interesting story. Like the exercises in the end of each chapter.
Listened to an audio version. I ended up finishing most of it in one night.
Doyle is a really good writer. The words flow so easily out and are pleasurable to hear even when the characters aren't engaged in their case. He writes, not types.
The racism that popped up about halfway through was bad, though; very British colonialist, very 19th-century. The only bad guy who dies was the black guy who is portrayed as an animal that has to be put down because he's so dangerous and savage (literally). Stuff like this ruined a good part of the story which was otherwise very well-written and engaging.
Es un clásico imperdible para los amantes del misterio. Este es el segundo libro del personaje más emblemático de la novela policiaca, donde vemos la evolución de Holmes y Watson frente a un misterio más complejo de lo que aparenta ser. Es un libro ligero, fácil de acabar y que te dejara con ganas de leer más historias del personaje.
Not as good as the first. Lost me a little when the story turned to India. Book began with Sherlock Holmes injecting himself with cocaine because it helped with keeping his brain sharp and focus. Crazy!
Part one was amazing! (A Study in Scarlet) But you could tell in this book that he didn't have all of his facts right, and it seemed very biased... It could have been a lot better.