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Title: A study in Scarlett Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edition: Librio Setting: London/U.S.A. (Nevada/ Salt-Lake City)
Main characters: Sherlock Holmes / Dr.Watson
Seconds characters: M.Drebber/ Joseph Stangerson / Mr.Ferrier / Lucy / Jefferson Hope / Mr.Lestrade / Mr.Gregson
Summary: Mr.Watson was a doctor in the British's army in India. He had a serious illness and he had to go back to Britain where he lived in hotels. Then he found a tenant whose name was Sherlock Holmes. This is a mysterious scientist, quirky and very perceptive. Watson didn't know anything about his life, but, one day, he discovered an article in a newspaper about the science's deduction by Mr.Holmes. Someone needed his help for a strange investigation: an empty house with a body showing no apparent injury. The word "Rache", written with blood on a rip, was found too in a hotel's room in a second crime, a few days later. The first victim was Mr.Drebber & the second victim was his secretary, Mr.Stangerson. After Mr.Holmes had thought about the crimes, he called a coachman whom he unasked...In 1860, 20 years ago, in Nevada, Mr.Ferrier & his daughter Lucy will dead when a mysterious sect adopted them. When Lucy become a woman, Mr.Jefferson wanted to marry her but the village's chief wasn't agreed. When Mr.Jefferson, Lucy & Jefferson wanted to run away, the village's chief told the population to kill the father. The woman got married against her will to one of the 2 richest men of the village. She died of sorrow. So Jefferson lived only to chase the 2 men all around the world. This is the coachman's story, Lucy’s love.