# A Study in Scarlet

by [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://localbooks.app/authors/arthur-conan-doyle)

- Genres: [Частный детектив](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/private-investigator)
- Set in: [Лондон, Англия, Великобритания](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/london); [Солт-Лейк-Сити, Юта, Соединенные Штаты](https://localbooks.app/places/us/utah/salt-lake-city)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1887
- Pages: 162

## Description

A doctor home from the war needs cheap rooms in London and ends up sharing 221B Baker Street with an odd young man who seems to know everything about him at a glance. The first Sherlock Holmes story starts with a body in an empty house and a word written in blood.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262496W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=A%20Study%20in%20Scarlet)

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