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The Sign of Four

Name: The Sign of Four
Rating: 3.88 (176431 reviews)
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle February 1, 1890

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This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780140439076

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation.

For Mary Marston has received several large pearls – one a year for the last six years – and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor, bringing with her two companions.

But unbeknownst to them all, others stalk London’s fog-enshrouded streets: a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind – and his companion, who places no value on human life…

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