This is the first of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. If you're like me, you probably read it years ago and have seen 3 different versions of the movie but still don't quite remember the plot!
It is delightful to learn about the beginning of Holmes's and Watson's relationship (it reminded me a little bit of Sheldon and Leonard!) and how their partnership developed. In A Study in Scarlet Holmes investigates the death of a man in a deserted house where the word RACHE has been written in blood on the wall. The story hits one jarring point in the middle of the book, when Holmes declares that he has solved the crime and on the next page the reader finds himself in the Utah desert. Did a new novel begin without warning? Why would Conan Doyle suddenly take us out of London and into the world of the American Mormons? It turns out that the second part of the novel is interesting and, ultimately, makes sense, but there probably should have been a better segue (if I dare to presume to tell Sir Arthur Conan Doyle how to write!). I will say that reading this made me want to go back and read more of Sherlock Holmes. It's been too long!
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