Lucy Toop, Arthur Conan Doyle: Sign of Four (2019, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)
English language
Published Dec. 24, 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Also contained in: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Annotated Sherlock Holmes. 1/2 Best of Sherlock Holmes Boys' Sherlock Holmes Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes Complete Sherlock Holmes Complete Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Original Illustrated Strand Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: His Most Famous Mysteries Sherlock Holmes: The Novels The Sign of the Four, A Scandal in Bohemia and Other Stories Sign of the Four and Other Stories Tales of Sherlock Holmes Tales of Sherlock Holmes Works
The books of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson include a lot of amusing clichés. What I liked about this novel "The Sign of Four" is not only the interesting story itself that in a (usual) twist reveals the criminal and their motive. The novel also has real history in its background and made me read a lot of Wikipedia. You need time though.
The Sign of Four is a good second book of Holmes. Its a bit disappointing since we only see Holmes' mind in action only a couple of times instead of all through in the book.
My full review:
http://daariga.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/the-sign-of-four/
