A Study in Scarlet

Author(s): Arthur Conan Doyle

Location(s): London

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): 1870s

The theft of the Agna treasure in India forms a catalyst for treachery, deceit and murder. From his lodgings in Baker Street Holmes and Watson forge their working relationship in this, the first of the Sherlock Holmes series.

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