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The first cases (1887–1894) · London, 1881

A Study in Scarlet

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Watson meets Holmes and the two share rooms on Baker Street, in their first case together

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In London, Dr. Watson, an army surgeon invalided home from Afghanistan, shares rooms on Baker Street with Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective with odd methods. A man is found dead in an empty house in Brixton, the word RACHE written on the wall in blood. When a second body turns up, Holmes deduces his way to the killer, a cab driver. The second part goes back to the American West, among the Mormons of Utah, and shows the revenge behind the crimes. It is the pair's debut, in 1887.

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  1. Behind the scenes£25 for the rights

    After many rejections, Doyle sold the story to Ward, Lock & Co. for £25, with all rights. It ran in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887.

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  2. ReferenceDrawn by his father

    The July 1888 book edition carried drawings by Charles Doyle, the author's father.

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