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A Study in Scarlet

The Sherlock Holmes Series

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A Study in Scarlet

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Marnye Young
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"There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."

From the moment Dr. John Watson takes lodgings in Baker Street with the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, he becomes intimately acquainted with the bloody violence and frightening ingenuity of the criminal mind.

In A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence, but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood.

The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem, he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge.

Public Domain (P)2018 Silverton Agency Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Sherlock Holmes
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The narrator has a pleasant voice, pronunciation and rhythm, but especially the first part is recorded poorly when it comes to the quality of the sound. The characterization of Sherlock is slightly exaggerated; the real problem is that “his voice” becomes later the voice of other characters, turning out to be quite confusing.
As for the novel per se, I must say that I expected something better. The constant celebration of Sherlock is honestly very annoying. Also, I’m not an expert when it comes to Mormons, but it doesn’t take one to see that, regardless liking them or not, the representation of their beliefs is widely inexact even for a work of fiction. Still, the story per se is interesting and well written.

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Who on earth chose this terrible narrator to read one of the best detective stories ever?

Brilliant story. Dreadful narrator.

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This story is amazing and the characters so colourful. I absolutely loved it and will read every Sherlock Holmes novel under the sky :)

I can't believe I haven't read this before

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why on earth would you get an American narrator to put on a terrible fake British accent to narrate this? the story seemed compelling enough but unfortunately I could not bring myself to finish it due to the appalling narration. totally ruined the experience. The narrator's RP middle class British accent was terrible enough, but when she tired the working class cockney accent is when I threw in the towel. really really bad narration. avoid.

abysmal narration

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Good Conan Doyle spoil by the narration by a female voice of a totally male orientated story line, soilt futher by it being American. Just did not fit and made it difficult to follow

Great story line BUT completely spoilt for me .

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