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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest creation embarks on yet another mind-boggling case in Sherlock: The Sign of Four. Summary of the Book When Sherlock Holmes receives a beautiful yet distressed young lady who asks for his help, he can’t refuse. He is stripped away from his nicotine addiction to follow the clues to solve the mystery surrounding the woman. Miss Morstan’s life is full of mystery, for since her father’s death, she has received a rare and lustrous pearl each year as a present from a mysterious benefactor. Who is this stranger and more importantly, what does he want? About Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his mystery novels and short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He is also famous his Professor Challenger series detailed in: The Lost World, The Poison Belt and The Land of Mist. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was knighted in 1902 by King Edward for his services as a volunteer doctor in the Langman Field Hospital at Bloemfontein between March and June 1900. Media Note The Sherlock Holmes stories have been adapted for film and television several times over the years. Of the most recent adaptations, the BBC TV series Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is one of the most popular series and has completed three seasons so far. The fourth season is due for release later in 2014 or early in 2015. Series Reading Order Follow Holmes and Watson as they set forth to solve many cases in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.