A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

1887 · Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Private investigators -- England -- Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, England -- Fiction · 14 chapters

Detective fiction in 14 chapters by Arthur Conan Doyle. It opens on Sherlock, with Holmes and Lestrade alongside. It begins: “Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon”.

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