The Sign of the Four = Знак Четырёх

To the tormented by forced idleness Sherlock Holmes comes a certain Mary Morston and asks to find her father who went missing many years ago, and also to unravel the mystery of the pearls sent to her by someone every year on the same day. Holmes, as always, brilliantly unravels this mysterious case, though irretrievably losing the immense treasures of Agra. Watson finds his love, while Holmes once again plunges into boredom. We offer readers the full unadapted text of the novel, complete with comments and a dictionary.