128 pages
English language
Published Feb. 13, 2001
As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!' --back cover
The books of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson include a lot of amusing clichés. What I liked about this novel "The Sign of Four" is not only the interesting story itself that in a (usual) twist reveals the criminal and their motive. The novel also has real history in its background and made me read a lot of Wikipedia. You need time though.
De las historias largas que he leído de Holmes es la que menos me ha atrapado. Es una aventura muy movida, exótica y enrevesada, pero hay poco del misterio y deducción que siempre esperamos de él. En todo caso, no te aburrirás.
Cumberbatch.
Better than Study in Scarlet.
A better outing than Conan Doyle's first Holmes novel, but I think I still prefer reading the shorter stories more.
