The Sign of Four (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Ten years ago, Mary Morstan’s father, an officer in an Indian regiment, vanished. Four years later, elegant pearls began to arrive, six in total, and now she holds an invitation to meet her mysterious anonymous benefactor. As Miss Morstan shares this peculiar tale with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, she urges the detectives to accompany her. Her only clues to her father’s disappearance: a map of a fortress with the names of four strangers and an assertion that she’s been dreadfully wronged.

Doyle’s second whodunit firmly established the characters of Holmes and Watson - along with their habits - while this murder mystery of revenge and stolen treasure set the standard for the now classic elements of the legendary series.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Sign of Four, this edition of The Sign of Four (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

the narrator Vance is spectacular

The story is also good. I started it thinking I remembered the whole of it from my reading it as a teen, but I was surprised.
Anyway, Simon Vance! I'm now a big fan. His reading of this is far, *far* better than Stephen Fry's. Fry has no talent for different voices and he has an irritating way of dropping his volume on one or two crucial words in each sentence. It's maddening! Volume adjustment of narration is unnecessary. Using tones of voice or pauses for desired effects is the Hallmark of excellent narrators and Vance has it in spades - I can see why he's received many awards! And his characters' voices and accents are superlative. 5 stars for Simon Vance!

♥️Sherlock♥️

I love all the Sherlock Holmes books I've read so far! I love the time period and all the mysteries

Revie

I loved it big fan of Sherlock Holmes hearing read to me was perfection