Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet is the first novel introducing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Watson, a former army doctor, returns to London and becomes Holmes’s roommate at 221B Baker Street. Holmes, a brilliant detective with extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, is called to investigate a mysterious murder. The investigation leads them from London to a backstory set in the American West, revealing the hidden motives behind the crime. The novel introduces Holmes’s unique methods of reasoning and sets the foundation for one of the most famous detective partnerships in literature.