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The Sign of the Four

The Sherlock Holmes Series, Book 2

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The Sign of the Four

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Marnye Young
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First published in 1890, The Sign of the Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The story is complex, involving a secret between four ex-cons from India and a hidden treasure. More complex than the first Holmes novel, The Sign of the Four also introduces the detective’s drug habit and leaves breadcrumbs for the listener that lead toward the final resolution.

Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day she is summoned to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Holmes and Watson.

Public Domain (P)2020 Silverton Agency Classics Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Private Investigators Traditional Detectives Crime Sherlock Holmes British Mysteries
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A good story and well performed by the narrator. Enjoyed it a lot! More to come.

Good story- enjoyed the performance

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Could not get past the first chapter due to the narrator's awful attempt at accents. Sherlock was voiced as whingey and petulant, detracting from the story. Purchased an alternative audiobook with a different narrator and loved it. Surprised that given the book is written from the perspective of Watson, a female voice was the choice to narrate - attempts at making her voice masculine to fit the characters, ruins the mental imagery of the listener.

Dreadful narration

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The story is as charming and involving as ever, and for me the narration mostly added to this. Except— the American narrator butchers regional British accents to a comical degree, which is very distracting and verges on offensive.

classic ACD but bemused by narrator

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A typical, decent Sherlock Holmes story but a terrible narrator whose attempts at British and Irish accents were offensively bad.

Terrible accents

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The reader’s voice was totally inappropriate for Watson’s narrative and ridiculous when attempting different accents.

Great story awful reading

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