Scholastic Classics: The Sign of Four

In detective stories it’s quite usual for pearls to go missing. But what about pearls that mysteriously appear? Sherlock Holmes faces his second baffling case when he’s visited by a young woman, Mary Morston, whose father has vanished. It’s been ten years since he disappeared – and every year for the past six years, she’s been sent a huge, shiny pearl by an unknown person. Are these strange events linked? Why does the donor of the pearl suddenly want to meet her? And might her father still be alive? When Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the case, all three are drawn into a dark plot of intrigue and deadly danger…

• The second mystery starring the iconic Sherlock Holmes

• A classic story that brings foggy Victorian London to life

• One of the stories that made Arthur Conan Doyle’s name

• A superbly atmospheric plot spanning England and India

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