A STUDY IN SCARLET
Arthur Conan Doyle
Review
by Author Roy Murry
SCARLET is the first in the Sherlock Holmes series, where he meets Dr. Watson to become roommates in 1878. "No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so," Holmes answers Dr. Watson's question on deduction.
Their relationship develops between the two when a London detective arrives at the new residence, facing a quagmire of being unable to solve a crime. Watson and the detectives have cluttered minds as they watch Sherlock go about developing a resolve.
A man is found dead with no apparent wounds. When a second man, who had been in the company of the first man, is dead in another part of London, Sherlock has solved the crime and has put a trap in place because of a carriage imprint.
Every one of Sherlock's cohorts, including the reader, is oblivious to his deductions until the crime is solved and he enlightens the men with cluttered minds. How did Holmes do that? --- will be on everyone's mind.
Arthur Conan Doyle's SCARLET is a fast-paced adventure that will bring in a new reader of the adventures. Years ago, it did for me, and I've been a mystery-genre lover since.
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