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The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
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Start date
July 1, 2013
Finish date
July 10, 2013
Why we're reading this
This comes next in our Summer of Sherlock project.

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Ahtims
Dec 16, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: series-part-of-a, historical, crime-mystery-thriller, paperback-hardback, re-read, audi, before-gr
Again, another favorite of my younger self , which didn't stand the test of time .
I find the mysterious deaths very intriguing and the way Sherlock approaches it , the work of a genius, but the back story always falls flat.
In this book, Indians are considered almost savages , and not in the highest of esteem .. and I realise how lucky I am to have escaped the colonial rule . ...more
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Joanne G.
Jan 01, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classic, b-library, beloved-childhood-read, life-shaper, location-l2
Stolen treasure, murder most foul, betrayal, and ruthless revenge! Add a love story--such as it was--for our dear Watson, and there's a great deal to this novella. When I was young, I appreciated the lack of mushy romance in the Holmes' tales, but now that I'm older, I wouldn't have minded having Watson's affair of the heart flushed out a bit more. I must be getting soft and dotty in my old age!

I originally read this in the '60s. The 1960s. Just in case there was any confusion. ...more
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Ginny
Nov 14, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Another great mystery solved by our duo.
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