Finally, she received an anonymous letter begging her to come to a meeting outside a London theater that very evening. A similar pearl has arrived each subsequent year. But a few years after his disappearance, Miss Morstan was startled to receive a precious pearl in the mail, with no senderâs name or address and no accompanying message. He has never been seen or heard of ever since. Ten years previously her father Captain Morstan went missing the night after returning from service in the Far East before his daughter could travel to meet him. Holmes is consulted by a young woman about a strange communication she has received. The action takes place not long after the events in A Study in Scarlet, the first Holmes novel, and that prior case is referred to frequently at the beginning of this one. The Sign of the Four, initially titled just The Sign of Four, is the second of Doyleâs novels to feature the analytical detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion and chronicler Dr. Â 26 in the Guardianâs Best 100 Novels in English (2015) Standard EbooksĤ3,374 words (2 hours 38 minutes) with a reading ease of 81.63 (easy) The Sign of the Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.

The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle