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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Start date: January 1, 2015

Finish date: January 6, 2015

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Nov 03, 2013 Christine H rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I could have sworn I read this long ago, having been a Sherlock fan by my early teens. But while the murder scene rings a bell, I had no recollection whatsoever of Evil Mormons or the motivations and identity of the killer. I suspect my youthful mind lost traction when the extended flashback (with NO Sherlock!) began, and I never actually read the whole thing!

I've got to give this at least four stars - it's the original Sherlock tale, and establishes so many of the well-loved tropes of his adven ...more

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Oct 16, 2014 Nari rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, mysteries, 2014, england

The book was definitely not what I was expecting though. Its broken down into two parts. Part one was the mysterious death and Holmes’ reveal of the murderer. Part two provided the back story to the murder. That part was very confusing, long-winded and bizarre. Particularly its depiction of Mormonism at its worst with power-hungry elders. Told through Watson’s point of view, we never really pick up or know what clues lead Sherlock to his great deductions.

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