Length4h 35m
About this audiobook
A Stolen Fortune. A Bloody Pact. A Trail of Murder That Leads From the Thames to the Tropics.
When Miss Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street, she presents Sherlock Holmes with a perfect, elegant puzzle: for six years, she has received a single, priceless pearl from an anonymous benefactor. Now, a letter invites her to a mysterious rendezvous—and promises to reveal the truth about her vanished father. The case, with its elements of buried treasure and colonial secrets, seems tailor-made for the great detective's peculiar genius.
But what begins as an intellectual exercise swiftly descends into a breathless chase through the noirish heart of London. A shocking murder, committed with a grotesque signature, reveals the work of a cunning and ruthless adversary. Holmes and Watson find themselves pursuing a phantom across the fog-draped city—from the opulent suburbs to the grim wharves of the river—armed only with logic, a loyal bulldog, and the world's most famous seven-per-cent solution.
The Sign of the Four is Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel and a cornerstone of detective fiction. It delivers everything the true crime aficionado demands: a locked-room mystery, a complex plot of betrayal and greed, a chilling villain, and the brilliant, forensic deduction that would define the genre for a century. More than a simple whodunit, it is a masterclass in pacing and atmosphere, where every clue is a vital piece of a deadly global puzzle.
Prepare for a tale of treasure, treachery, and the ultimate test of a detective's "science of deduction."
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (225.1K)
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length4 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1By the same author in Cactus catalogue:
8Chapter VII
2Chapter I
9Chapter VIII
3Chapter II
10Chapter IX
4Chapter III
11Chapter X
5Chapter IV
12Chapter XI
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6Chapter V
13Chapter XII
7Chapter VI
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