The Sign of Four

Miss Mary Marstan receives a large pearl in the mail once a year without any clue as to the sender. When their mysterious correspondent requests a meeting, Holmes and Watson begin a case. A terrible death and a missing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and later along the River Thames. The cast of characters includes the hapless Sholto twins, the half-breed Toby and the peg-legged man, as the fire and blood of mutiny-torn India cast gigantic, distorted silhouettes across late Victorian London. - Once a year, Miss Mary Marstan receives a large pearl in the mail without any clue as to the sender. When their mysterious correspondent requests a meeting, Holmes and Watson begin a case. A terrible death and a missing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and later along the River Thames. The cast of characters includes the hapless Sholto twins, the half-breed Toby and the peg-legged man, as the fire and blood of mutiny-torn India cast gigantic, distorted silhouettes across late Victorian London.

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Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Mary Morstan, John Sholto, Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar, Toby, Tonga, Rajah, Mr. Sherman, Baker Street Irregulars, Bartholomew, Thaddeus Sholto, Captain Morstan, John H. Watson (fictional character)Places

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The Sign of Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel starring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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