Book Review: The Sign of Four
My reading of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest adventures continues with The Sign of Four. We find our hearty detectives fresh off of their adventure from the previous mystery from A Study in Scarlet. Holmes and Watson find themselves meeting Miss Mary Marston, who weaves a tale of missing persons, mystery, and treasure. Watson and Holmes take the case and find themselves facing even more murder and intrigue.
Mary Marston presents Sherlock Holmes with discovering the whereabouts of her father, Captain Marston of the Indian regiment. Capt. Marston had come home to England and upon returning, disappeared the very evening of his arrival. Since that evening, Miss Marston had been receiving very curious presents from an anonymous sender and she recruits Holmes and Watson to help figure out the mystery.
Thus begins an adventure that is contained in another enigma that Holmes must unravel. Sherlock Holmes is pushed to his detecting and perceptive limits with this case, and in the end, Dr. Watson even finds a wife!
It is typical Sherlock Holmes and our favorite detective is 3 steps ahead of Scotland Yard, as usual. The story takes us up and down the Thames River and all the way to India and the Ganges River. This is an exciting story and I would encourage anyone who is a fan of mysteries or whodunits to read The Sign of Four.
