The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four
book 2 in order Sherlock Holmes series
A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the last six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor, bringing with her two companions. But unbeknownst to them all, others stalk London's fog-enshrouded streets: a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind - and his companion, who places no value on human life . . .
Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Edition : Penguin English Library, Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN : 9780141395487
Weight: 117g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 6mm
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When Dr John Watson takes rooms in Baker Street with amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, he has no idea that he is about to enter a shadowy world of criminality and violence. Accompanying Holmes to an ill-omened house in south London, Watson is startled to find a dead man whose face is contorted in a rictus of horror. There is no mark of violence on the body yet a single word is written on the wall in blood. Dr Watson is as baffled as the police, but Holmes's brilliant analytical skills soon uncover a trail of murder, revenge and lost love . . .
Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Edition : Penguin English Library, 160 pages
ISBN : 9780141395524
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Pip doesn't expect much from life...His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal, is summoned to visit a mysterious old woman and meets the icy beauty Estella. Most astoundingly of all, an anonymous person gives him money to begin a new life in London.
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Author : Charles Dickens
Edition : Penguin Clothbound Classic, Hardback, 544 pages
ISBN : 9780141040363
Weight: 665g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 47mm
'For God's sake, hold on!'
On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test yet. He's been double-crossed by his wicked uncle, tricked into a sea voyage and sold into slavery. When the dashing Alan Breck Stewart comes aboard, he finds a brave friend at least, and the pair fight back against their treacherous, black-hearted shipmates. But then the ship hits a reef, it's every man for himself, and David must battle against the raging sea itself!
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Edition : Paperback, 368 pages, Vintage Children’s Classics
ISBN : 9780099573739
Weight: 243g
Dimensions: 188 x 129 x 22mm
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.
Author : John Buchan
Edition : Penguin Classics, Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN : 9780141031262
Weight: 118g
Dimensions: 181 x 111 x 12mm