# A Study in Scarlet

**Author:** Arthur Doyle
**Tags:** England, Private investigators, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/95832

## Description

London, late Victorian era: a wounded army doctor returns from the Afghan campaign in search of lodgings and a new direction in life. Introduced to a peculiar but brilliant acquaintance, he agrees to share rooms at 221B Baker Street, only to discover that his flatmate possesses an uncanny gift for deduction. When Scotland Yard is baffled by the murder of an American found dead in an empty house, with no visible wound yet a message scrawled in blood upon the wall, this self-styled "consulting detective" is called upon to untangle the case. A second death soon follows, deepening the mystery and drawing the pair into a trail of clues stretching back decades and across an ocean, into a tale of betrayal, vengeance, and lost love played out amid the harsh landscapes of the American frontier. Told in two contrasting parts, one a brisk London investigation, the other a sweeping backstory of suffering and retribution, this novel introduces two of literature's most enduring companions and lays the foundation for one of fiction's greatest partnerships in crime-solving.