A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four
Two books in one review? What are these shenanigans? But it didn't really make sense to separate these two books. They are the first two books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes and have a similar structure. I also read them back to back and didn't want to do two reviews that would basically say the same thing. When I got my kindle for Christmas, the first thing I did was download every single Sherlock Holmes story from Gutenberg.org . I started reading A Study in Scarlet almost immediately. This picks up with Watson meeting Holmes, renting the rooms at 221 Baker Street with him, and helping him on a case for the first time. Halfway through the book, they catch the criminal and the book completely switches perspective. For the first half it's told in first person (Watson is the narrator) and takes place in London. Then it switches to a third person description of the Mormons, led by Brigham Young, t...