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The Sign Of The Four: Summary

 The Story begins with Sherlock addressing his need for some case to keep his brain working, without which he is a drug addict. Soon at their door arrives Miss Marry Morstan with a charming attire, which seduces Watson somewhat. Marry explains her case to Sherlock which is about her father, Captain Morstan who was deployed in India ten years ago. Morstan came back to London and called upon for Marry, but when she arrived at his lodge, Morstan had gone missing. She tried to search for him everywhere, also contacting his only acquaintance in town- Captain Sholto who was deployed in India along with him. Sholto declined any knowledge of Morstan's missing. Four years later, Mary saw an advertisement in the newspaper with someone looking for her address. Marry gave her address after which she started receiving a very expensive pearl, each year on the same day. The sender being unknown never contacted Mary in the past six years when until now he had sent a letter for a meetup, where the ...

A Study In Scarlet: Summary

  PART 1- The first part of the story focuses on an introduction to the characters- Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Detective Lestrade, and Gregson, and we get an overview of the case. Dr. Watson, who has been recently retired from his services in the army, travels to London in search of an apartment. Soon he gets introduced to Sherlock Holmes, a man with uncommon levels of intellect and intelligence. Watson and Holmes move into 221B Baker Street, wherein Watson learns that Sherlock is a consulting detective, and gives a lead to private and government detectives such as Lestrade and Gregson. Sherlock also deducts that Watson had been deployed in Afghanistan earlier, after looking at his sunburned skin and his soldier-like etiquette. Holmes soon receives a letter from Gregson demanding his help on a murder case. A night earlier, on Baxton Street, a cop was strolling after heavy rain when he witnessed an enlightened house that had been abandoned for a while. On entering the house the co...