62345_StudyInScarlet_LIBV2_LayoutRBoverlay2_Layout 1 5/12/10 1:36 PM 1 5/4/10Page 1 12:44 PM Page 1 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A S TUDY IN SCARLET THE FIRST SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY Narrated by Peter Mesney “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.” Thus for the first time are Dr. Watson and the world introduced to—and A astonished by—Mr. Sherlock Holmes. “Well, I have a trade of my own” Holmes explains. “I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of private ones. S S T i When these fellows are at fault, they come to me, and I manage to put them on N r U the right scent. No man lives or has lived who has brought the same amount of a A r study and of natural talent to the detection of crime as I have done.” r r D a t t No sooner are Watson and Holmes set up in their new, shared lodgings at h e Y d 221B Baker Street than they are asked by Scotland Yard to step around to a house u r b off Brixton Road. There had been a bad business during the night, and the body I y C N of Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., had been found in the vacant P o house. There were gouts of bloods all over the room. Across the wall in blood-red e t n e S a letters, a single word was scrawled— Rache. r n M C “If this man was murdered, how was it done?” asked Inspector Lestrade. D e s A “Poison” Holmes said curtly. “Come,Watson. The game is afoot.” n o e y R y l e L E T Recorded Books Unabridged Running Time: 4.5 hours First published in 1887 91985 by Recorded Books, LLC Cover images ZPhotoDisc, Inc. Cover art by Will Lee; Z2001 by Recorded Books, LLC Produced in the studios of Recorded Books Productions, LLC, New York ISBN: 978-1-4407-9513-8 Recorded Books, LLC, 270 Skipjack Rd., Prince Frederick, MD 20678. Recorded Books™ is a trademark of Recorded Books, LLC. www.recordedbooks.com All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication strictly prohibited. 62345 * 1 9 3 6 *62345* 5 * 56391.