Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case.
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The Sign of Four
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by Arthur Conan Doyle
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This is the second of the four full-length Sherlock Holmes novels. In investi- gating an apparent murder in a London suburb, Holmes stumbles on the fabulous Agra treasure and gets involved in a trail of vengeance that results in a fantastic night-chase down the Thames through London 's dockland.
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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
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