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A Study in Scarlet

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A recently returned army surgeon narrates his introduction to an eccentric consulting detective and their shared lodgings, after which the detective employs keen observation and logical inference to investigate a baffling London murder. The inquiry uncovers a hidden chain of events that is recounted in an extended second part set on the American frontier, where religious community tensions, abduction, and acts of vengeance explain the motive. The narrative juxtaposes forensic method and human passion, tracing how scientific deduction reconstructs past wrongs to reveal culpability and deliver resolution.

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Title: A Study in Scarlet

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Release date: April 1, 1995 [eBook #244]
Most recently updated: December 9, 2025

Language: English

Credits: Roger Squires and David Widger

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A STUDY IN SCARLET

By A. Conan Doyle