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Download or read book An Instance of the Fingerpost written by Iain Pears and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1663 Oxford, a servant girl confesses to a murder. But four witnesses--a medical student, the son of a traitor, a cryptographer, and an archivist--each finger a different culprit...

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Download or read book Sherlock Holmes Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Study in Scarlet written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet is the literary debut of the world's most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, introduced by Iain Sinclair with notes by Ed Glinert in Penguin Classics. On the wall, the word rache - German for 'revenge' - is written in blood, yet there are no wounds on the victim or signs of a struggle. Watson's head is in a whirl, but the formidable Holmes relishes this challenge to his deductive powers, and so begins their famous investigative partnership."

Download or read book A Study in Scarlet written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first case of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes In the debut of literature's most famous sleuth, a dead man is discovered in a bloodstained room in Brixton. The only clues are a wedding ring, a gold watch, a pocket edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, and a word scrawled in blood on the wall. With this investigation begins the partnership of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Their search for the murderer uncovers a story of love and revenge-and heralds a franchise of detective mysteries starring the formidable Holmes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.