A Study in Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Short synopsis from Wikipedia.

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."^[1]

^{This is the first of the novels of the whole Holmes series and it is where it all starts, how Watson meets Holmes and their first case together. I have found this website here, that has all the Holmes stories for download for free here as the copyright has ran out already and is free to be read. So I am not my lovely Kindle, going to read all of it in order. Month long this will probably take. Lovely.}