A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)

[Jenny]

'There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.'

From the moment Dr John Watson takes lodgings in Baker Street with the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, he becomes intimately acquainted with the bloody violence and frightening ingenuity of the criminal mind.

In A Study in Scarlet , Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood.

The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge . . .

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[Denise]

This is a wonderful book. Of course, I have been a Sherlock fan since I can remember. I have seen "A Study in Scarlet" many times and was surprised to find the body in the book was male. It really makes no difference, it just took me by surprise. I have only gotten halfway through it, as I am reading 4 other books as well. I am laid up with my knee, so guess what I'll be doing this weekend??

[Jenny]

Sorry about your Knee - I hope you are up and about soon. Denise, I am pleased that you are enjoying "A Study in Scarlet."

[Denise]

I finished this book.

[Jenny]

How is your knee Denise?

[Denise]

Jenny wrote: "How is your knee Denise?"

They put it in a brace and scheduled me for therapy. They are threatening to give me a shot of Cortisone (I told them no way. Those suckers hurt, especially in the knee.) The last resort is to operate.

[Jenny]

Denise wrote: "Jenny wrote: "How is your knee Denise?"

They put it in a brace and scheduled me for therapy. They are threatening to give me a shot of Cortisone (I told them no way. Those suckers hurt, especially..."

I agree with you Denise Cortisone is awful. Denise look after yourself. I know how painful it is when you have a problems with your knees.