DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR

Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated sleuth is coming to the big screen care of a new major motion picture, but this telling of A Study in Scarlet puts the mystery right in your hands, re-presented with an all-new cover by celebrated graphic illustrator Ashley Wood! The novel is split into two separate halves. The first is titled 'Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department'. This section is told in first person by Holmes' friend Doctor John H. Watson and describes his introduction in 1881 to Sherlock Holmes through a mutual friend and the first mystery in which he followed Holmes' investigations. The mystery revolves around a corpse found at a derelict house in Brixton, England with the word 'RACHE' scrawled in blood on the wall beside the body. The second half of the story is called 'The Country of the Saints' and jumps to the United States of America and the Mormon community, incorporating a depiction of the Danites, including an appearance by Brigham Young in a somewhat villainous context. It is told in a third person narrative style, with an omniscient narrator, before returning in the last two chapters to Watson's account of Holmes' investigation, and then Holmes' own explanation of his solution. In these two chapters, the relationship between the two halves of the novel becomes apparent. The motive for the crime is essentially one of lost love and revenge.

Pre-order now for Wed 9 Dec 2009 release. Despatch to customer occurs at a minimum of 1 working day after release date (release dates are subject to change).