A Review Of Sign Of Four's Book (Corrected)

THE STORY

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective and his friend have studied a murder of the father of a daughter called Miss Morstan. Since her father disappeared, she has received a large pearl through the post on the same day, every years. Who is sending them? And what about her father's paper with the words 'The Sign of Four'

All starts in the apartment of Holmes and Watson where they met a lady, Miss Morstan. She told them about her father who disappeared after a journey to India. And then she put an advertisement at Newspaper to look for who has known about her father. But nobody responded to it.

Some years later she got a strange letter, which told her that she can have a meeting with the mysterious person, therefore she asked Holmes to came with her.

They come with her and met Thaddeus Sholto, who told them that his father was with Miss Morstans father in Indian and there they found a treasure, the Agra Treasure, but after that Miss Morstan father and Major Shalto had a little fight about the treasure and Miss Morstan's father died at the end of it, because he had a very weak heart. After that Major Shalto had hid the body and hid the treasure.

As Major Salto began to die he wanted to tell his sons about the treasure, but before he had finished he died. His sons had some pearls from the treasure and they sent the pearls to Miss Morstan, because his father had told them to share the treasure with the daughter of Captain Morstan. And now they had found the treasure, but as they walked to Thadeous Shalto's brother with had the treasure they found him dead and the treasure was stolen. He had been killed by a poison thorn.

After a little search Holmes found some food prints on the ground and followed them, until they came to a river where the murderer must have travelled with a boat. Holmes found out that the murderer wanted to escape to America and the next day he and the police waited on the river to catch the murderer. They caught the murderer, but had to kill the murderers friend.

After they got the murderer he told them that he and three friend had found the treasure, but they could not get it, because they were in prision. There they meet Major Shalto and Captain Morlton and planed that Morton and Shalto should get the treasure and then free the four prisoners, but Shalto and Morton wanted the treasure for their own and therefore the murderer, the last suviour of the for prisoners, observed Major Shalto to get the treasure back. And after he got the treasure and tried to escape and realised that his friend were killed he throw the treasure in the river.

My comment :

I particularly enjoyed this mystery, because the book tries to explain some of the mysteries. Although this mystery is not so mysterious, but it was a very interesting, well written story. If someone is looking for a mysterious and investigative book, this is it. It will be really your cup of tea.

Shahran