A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle Taschenbuch

On his return to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as an assistant surgeon Doctor Watson is looking for a place to live. He is introduced to a certain Mr Holmes an eccentric pipe-smoking gentleman who shows an interest in chemistry and is currently engaged in a test to detect human haemoglobin. What begins as a simple house-sharing enquiry soon turns into a fully fledged study in scarlet a case of blood murder and betrayal that will transport the reader from the streets of London to the early settlements of Salt Lake City in Utah...