The Sign of the Four cover art

The Sign of the Four

A Sherlock Holmes Novel

Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

The Sign of the Four

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: David McCran
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £11.70

Buy Now for £11.70

Summary

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.

The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.

©public domain (P)2024 Ignatius Audiobooks
Classics Mystery Traditional Detectives
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
No reviews yet