The Second Sherlock Holmes Novel in the Original English Text
A vanished officer, a secret treasure and a message signed by four — Sherlock Holmes returns in his second novel.When Mary Morstan asks Sherlock Holmes for help, her case appears at first to be one of disappearance and anonymous generosity: her father has been missing for ten years, and a valuable pearl has been sent to her every year by an unknown hand.But the mystery soon darkens. A strange summons, a frightened heir, a locked room, a dead man and an empty treasure box draw Holmes and Watson into a story of greed, guilt and revenge stretching back to the Indian Rebellion of 1857.The Sign of the Four combines the classic Holmesian elements of deduction, disguise, pursuit and revelation with a romance between Watson and Mary Morstan — one of the most important developments in the early Sherlock Holmes canon.First published in 1890, The Sign of the Four followed A Study in Scarlet and further developed the partnership of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It is presented here as Volume 2 of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection, arranged according to the order of original publication.This is the English-language hardcover edition of The Sign of the Four.Arthur Conan Doyle.Sherlock Holmes.The Sign of the Four.The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection 2.The Sign of Four (London: Spencer Blackett, 1890;first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, London, 1890).Complete and Unabridged Unillustrated Edition.Vollständige Neuausgabe ohne Illustrationen, 1. Auflage, Göttingen 2026.LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag
