| A Study in Scarlet Contributor(s): Doyle, Arthur Conan (Author), Young, Marnye (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538540452 ISBN-13: 9781538540459 Publisher: Silver Hawk Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Sherlock Holmes |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "There's a scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Marnye: - Marnye Young is a Yale MFA graduate; SAG-AFTRA voice, stage, and screen actor; and a member of the APA. She volunteers with TIC and CRIS, two nonprofits for the blind or visually impaired. A proud mom of identical twins, she is a fisherman, she grows some of her own food, listens to opera when she writes, and is an avid NASCAR fan. Doyle, Arthur Conan: -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt. |